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    19. Esther Hayut

    Reigning in stormy times

  • Venezuela

    Former Venezuelan supreme court judge escapes to U.S.
  • A guard tower is seen during a media tour of California

    Report: Number of U.S. inmates executed this year at 25-year low

    Forty-two death sentences were imposed in 2018, following a trend of decline since nearly 300 sentences were handed down per year in the 1990s.

  • Israel

    Netanyahu, Bennett battle over High Court

    Tourism Minister Yariv Levin requested a one-week postponement to negotiate a compromise on Netanyahu’s behalf.

    By GIL HOFFMAN

  • Supreme Court president pleads with Netanyahu not to endanger democracy

    The Israeli public believes if the Supreme Court is denied the capacity to strike down laws enacted by the Knesset, there will be no checks on the government and it will have unlimited power.

    By GIL HOFFMAN

  • Israel

    Government ministers to vote on bill to override Supreme Court decisions

    “The override clause, if it passes, puts Israeli democracy in a new situation in which there are no checks and balances, and just a dictatorship of the government," Meretz leader Tamar Zandberg said.

    By LAHAV HARKOV

  • Zionist Union MKs Michal Biran, Yoel Hasson, Yosi Yona, Isaac Herzog, Zipi Livni, Avi Gabbay, Omer B

    Hundreds attend Zionist Union rally in support of Supreme Court

    Labor leader Gabbay: Current government is attempting "to destroy" Israel's democracy.

    By UDI SHAHAM

  • THE SUPREME COURT

    Zionist Union calls to support Supreme Court as coalition explores limits

    On Saturday night, Zionist Union plans for the demonstrators to “create a protective wall,” a human chain around the Supreme Court.

    By LAHAV HARKOV

  • Rangers arrive at the Supreme Court in Islamabad, Pakistan, 2018.

    After years-long fight, justice in Pakistan over 'honor killings'

    Even though Pakistan declared ‘Jirgas’ or tribal councils unconstitutional in 2004, they continue to issue honor killing decrees.

    By ARSHAD MEHMOOD / THE MEDIA LINE

  • Bar Ilan University, engineering department

    The Arrangements Law and omnibus legislation

    The Bar-Ilan workshop simply affirmed that omnibus legislation exists in quite a few countries – and is problematic.

    By SUSAN HATTIS ROLEF

  • Alan Dershowitz

    Freedom is not with the Rabbinical Court

    Freedom is not with the Rabbinical Court – but in the hands of the husband and his father.

    By PNINA OMER

  • US student Lara Alqasem appears at the district court in Tel Aviv, Israel October 11, 2018

    Why Lara Alqasem’s permission to enter Israel normalizes abuses

    The Israeli Supreme Court only accepted Alqasem’s appeal after it was convinced that she no longer held the very same political opinions for which she was denied entry.

    By SAWSAN ZAHER

  • Letters

    Letters to the Editor: October 29, 2018

    Readers of the Jerusalem Post have their say.

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