Judges

Histadrut corruption probe: Judge blocks extension of restrictions on union chairman

Arnon Bar-David, the longtime chairman of Israel’s largest labor federation, became the central figure in a sweeping corruption investigation that came to light in November. 

Arnon Ben Dor, Chairman of the Histadrut, visits in the Northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona., June 27, 2024.
Beersheba District Court president Benny Sagi's motorcycle following the fatal car crash on Highway 6, January 4, 2026.

'Modest and humble': Beersheba District Court president Benny Sagi dies in Highway 6 car crash

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro being walked in custody down a hallway at the offices of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in New York City, U.S., January 3, 2026.

Orthodox Jewish judge to preside over Maduro's criminal proceedings in NY

Supreme Court President Yitzhak Amit arrives for a court hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, November 27, 2025

Political attacks on Supreme Court chief cross red line, over 100 retired judges, law deans warn


Israel is a juristocracy: The judges' rule over the people must end - opinion

Supporters of the reform must heed the president’s call for negotiations. However, any resolution must be based on the citizens’ right to decide how to govern themselves.

 THE SUPREME Court, under the leadership of its former president, Aharon Barak, seized the opportunity to crown itself emperor, says the writer.

Lebanese politicians warn of 'sedition' amid judicial crisis

Lebanon's chief prosecutor has charged the judicial investigator of the Beirut Port blast case with "rebelling against the judiciary."

 Army soldiers are deployed after gunfire erupted in Beirut, Lebanon October 14, 2021.

Why is changing Israeli judge appointment system dangerous? - opinion

The politicization of the Supreme Cour could damage the entire legal system and Israel’s ability to continue functioning as a vital democracy.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Likud’s faction in the Knesset, last week. Threats from the Likud Central Committee may be inserted into the selection procedure for the most important judicial institution in Israel, says the writer.

Who should lead the struggle in Israel for the judiciary's defense?

MIDDLE ISRAEL: Netanyahu’s refusal to seek a consensus repeats Rabin’s mistake when he launched the Oslo Accords.

Former Chief Justice of Supreme Court and holocaust survivor Aharon Barak at the President's residence in Jerusalem, on April 4, 2021.

Israel's legal reform: A counterrevolution to the constitutional revolution?

LEGAL AFFAIRS: Veteran observers of the legal system explore whether the reform is a counter-constitutional revolution – or an anti-constitutional revolution.

 MK Simcha Rothman and Justice Minister Yariv Levin present next steps for judicial reforms at Knesset legal committee.

Israel's judiciary shows its limited power

LEGAL AFFAIRS: According to leaks from the coalition negotiation room, a new arrangement is planned that will end the masquerade ball that has accompanied this saga for over 50 years.

 THE JUSTICES of the Supreme Court justices arrive for a court hearing in October.

Retired judges, university heads decry new coalition

Open University president: Israel is facing ‘a murky wave that threatens the foundations of the democratic existence’ of Israel.

 The Knesset Plenum ahead of the vote for the new Knesset Speaker, December 13, 2022.

Changing Israel judicial appointments only possible with broad consensus - opinion

While specific minor adjustments to the current system may be called for, I believe that its underlying principles are sound and that it would be a mistake to stray from them.

 THEN-JUSTICE minister Ayelet Shaked is flanked by Supreme Court President Esther Hayut and then-finance minister Moshe Kahlon at a meeting of the Judicial Selection Committee, at the Justice Ministry in Jerusalem, in 2018.

Rachel Freier: Civil court judge, parademic, Hasid and mother of 6

Freier discusses the changing public perception of Hasidim and relations between religious and secular Jews.

 Hon. Ruchie Freier

Wisconsin parade attacker sentenced to life in prison without parole

The judge symbolically added at least another 1,067 years to the life sentences to underscore the severity of the crimes for which she said Brooks showed "no remorse, no empathy."

Darrell Brooks, charged with killing five people and injuring nearly 50 after plowing through a Christmas parade with his sport utility vehicle on November 21, appears in Waukesha County Court in Waukesha, Wisconsin, US November 23, 2021.