Basic Law

Chaos of October 7: What any inquiry must uncover - opinion

With the state comptroller blocked, citizens must focus on the questions a future inquiry into the failures leading up to the October 7 massacre.

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Justice Minister Yariv Levin glances at Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, September 18, 2025

What's behind bills to 'split' A-G role - and will it change Israel's legal governance? - explainer

View of the empty courtroom at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on July 13, 2025.

Full Supreme Court to hear challenge to Judicial Selection Committee law

 ATTORNEY-GENERAL Gali Baharav-Miara.

High Court cancels hearing on firing of A-G Baharav-Miara after gov’t fails to send representatives


Analysis: What everyone is getting wrong about the new Jerusalem Law

The bill is far more likely to be used to break off east Jerusalem villages from the capital than to actually block a peace treaty.

Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem

Government says it will push Jewish nation-state bill for first vote soon

Likud MK Amir Ohana, who heads the legislative committee working on the bill, told a meeting of coalition heads that the first reading is expected to take place in the next few weeks.

The Knesset building

Bill that would hinder negotiating Jerusalem’s borders goes to final vote

The legislation, an amendment to Basic Law: Jerusalem, would raise the number of MKs needed to give up Israeli sovereignty over any part of Jerusalem to 80 MKs, two-thirds of the Knesset.

THE KNESSET building.

Shaked: Nation-state bill won’t put Jewish above democratic

There are several iterations of the proposed Basic Law: The State of Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People, but all declare Israel to be the nation-state of the Jewish People.

Ayelet Shaked at the 2017 JPost Annual Conference