Judges
A-G: Levin ‘breaking the law’ by freezing judicial appointments as judge shortage deepens
Ahead of Thursday’s High Court hearing, state lawyers said the prolonged paralysis is harming litigants, delaying hearings and urgent rulings, and leaving “thousands of cases waiting on the shelf."
Bruce Springsteen releases Minneapolis protest song, sings 'ICE out now!'
Histadrut corruption probe: Judge blocks extension of restrictions on union chairman
'Modest and humble': Beersheba District Court president Benny Sagi dies in Highway 6 car crash
Orthodox Jewish judge to preside over Maduro's criminal proceedings in NY
Judge Alvin Hellerstein, a 92-year-old Orthodox Jewish federal judge, is among the longest-serving active federal judges in the country.
Political attacks on Supreme Court chief cross red line, over 100 retired judges, law deans warn
The warnings followed remarks made by Religious Zionist Party chairman and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who referred to Amit as a 'violent, predatory megalomaniac who steals Israeli democracy.'
Decapitated mannequins placed at houses of judges, Tel Aviv mayor, in protest of illegal immigrants
The mannequins also had messages expressing discontent with the current state of illegal immigrants in Israel, claiming that they are the cause of a rise in violent crime rates.
High Court strikes down Levin’s appointment: Ben-Hamo will not lead Sde Teiman leak probe
The High Court annulled Justice Minister Yariv Levin’s appointment of a supervisor for the Sde Teiman leak probe, ruling he exceeded legal limits and failed to choose a serving senior official.
Levin, Attorney-General to go to High Court over who will probe ex-MAG
Justice Minister Levin says AG Gali Baharav-Miara has a conflict of interest in the probe of ex-MAG Tomer-Yerushalmi and has announced a plan to bypass her office.
Judge denies former IDF legal chief Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi’s appeal, extends her detention
Tomer-Yerushalmi's appeal arguing that there was a “clear error in the court’s decision” was rejected.
Attorney Nissim Shopen: Israel’s “no win, no fee” debt model
30% of complaints filed about judges in 2024 were justified, report finds
The annual “Public Complaints Commission on State Representatives in the Courts” report, authored by judge Prof. Menachem Finkelstein, found half the total complaints concerned the prosecution.
Netanyahu's criminal trial to switch to four days a week, judges rule
The framework switch will begin in November, the judges ruled after appeals by the defense attorneys of Netanyahu and other defendants in the cases.
Ex-judge, A-G to 'Post': Nothing in Halacha stopping Torah scholars from serving in IDF
At the Table: Elyakim Rubinstein, who is Orthodox, said there is nothing in Halacha which states that men studying Torah should not serve in the army.
