Override clause

Israel's ultra-Orthodox status quo is unsustainable - opinion

This cannot and should not continue. Long-term yeshiva study should be for true sages, not all haredim.

 Haredi men dressed in traditional ultra-Orthodox garb stand behind a group of religious IDF soldiers
 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen speaking at a memorial ceremony for Ze'ev Jabotinsky on Mount Herzl, in Jerusalem, on July 18, 2023.

Don't change judicial selection process without opposition consensus - editorial

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a 40 signatures debate, at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 26, 2023.

How Netanyahu dropping override clause changes Israel's judicial reform - analysis

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, 25 June 2023.

Netanyahu: I threw override clause out of Israel's judicial reform


What are the 4 components of Israel's judicial reform? - opinion

The proposal does not deal with many issues that remain to be corrected but the government emphasizes that it will introduce additional components of the reform in the future.

 JUSTICE MINISTER Yariv Levin appears before the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, last month.

Grapevine January 27, 2023: That extra input

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog with King Philippe of Belgium.

Judicial reforms could make Israel a 'haven for corruption' - MK

MK Orit Farkash-Hacohen said the judicial reforms are worrying due to the lack of professionalism and how it threatens to destabilize Israel's checks and balances.

 National Unity MK Orit Farkash-Hacohen (L) is seen speaking with Zvika Klein at The Jerusalem Post's Democracy 2023 conference, on January 24, 2023.

Israel copying Canada's override clause? 'Misleading' says Irwin Cotler

Though the clause may appear attractive, it comes with implications.

 Yaron Deckel speaking during an Israel Canadian event in Canada

Israel judicial reforms: Who are the Black Robes, what is their goal? -interview

The Black Robes were founded in 2019 to protest the first proposal of an Israeli Override Clause. Now they're back to protest Yariv Levin's judicial reforms.

 Who are the Black Robes, protesting Israel's judicial reforms? (Illustrative).

My Word: Legal reform, trial and errors

Demonstrators took to the streets – and more seriously, tried to block main highways – with declarations that the reform was a “coup d’état.” Is this as dangerous as the reforms?

 UPREME COURT President Esther Hayut and justices take their seats for a hearing on January 5 regarding the appointment of Shas leader Arye Deri as a minister.

Hardening or softening of judicial reforms? Rothman presents changes to plan

Israeli government legal adviser Gur Bligh said that further documents would be represented on the reform in the coming week.

 MK Simcha Rothman attends a committee meeting at the Knesset, January 17, 2023.

For the glory of Netanyahu: Israel will become an illiberal democracy - opinion

Israel will become a kleptocracy, in which the never-ending array of public figures convicted, or under investigation, for corruption and malfeasance, become the norm.

 THE NETANYAHU government’s judicial ‘reforms’ have no connection to the need for some perhaps warranted tweaks to a remarkable legal system, says the writer.

Dershowitz: High Court an 'Iron Dome' that protects IDF soldiers from ICC

Alan Dershowitz, Professor of Law, Emeritus at Harvard University offers insight on how to reach compromise on the judicial reforms and whether Israeli democracy is truly in danger.

 American jurist Alan Dershowitz sits for a photo during a visit to Israel, whose leaders he met to discuss proposed reforms to the country?s Supreme Court, in Tel Aviv, Israel December 8, 2022.

With no constitution, an override clause is Israel's only hope - opinion

The override clause is a compromise between the British model of parliamentary supremacy and the constitutional model. It will strengthen, not harm, Israel's democracy.

High Court of Justice May 3, 2020