The court ruled that the decision was procedurally flawed and legally untenable, and that both the revision of the term-ending process and the subsequent dismissal were void.
Legal expert Shlomit Ravitsky Tur-Paz warns that Israel’s draft bill for the Haredi community may entrench societal divisions and worsen long-term challenges for the economy and military.
The President’s Residence unequivocally denied any connection between Herzog and the memorandum. Officials told reporters that Herzog did not know the document until the media contacted him.
“I couldn’t just sit there and continue to argue and see they’re not changing their minds,” Haskel told the Post about the marathon discussions on the bill taking place in the Knesset.
Israel's Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara said the current version of the haredi draft law would benefit only ultra-Orthodox men.
At The Jerusalem Post Washington Conference, Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana said October 7 exposed the aims of radical actors and argued that Israel is a strategic asset for the United States.
The emotional exchange briefly disrupted the hearing in Netanyahu’s criminal trial and underscored the growing public pressure on the government to authorize an independent investigation.
Case 4000 is considered the most serious of the three cases because it involves an alleged direct quid-pro-quo between the regulatory authority and favorable media coverage.
Approximately 1 million eligible voters in Israel are immigrants from the former Soviet Union, part of a wider Russian-speaking community that comprises roughly 15% of the population.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assured that “the investigation committee will be equal between the coalition and the opposition."
Additionally, former prime minister Naftali Bennett said if elected, he would cancel the government's haredi IDF exemption bill.
