Judicial system

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.'

Supreme Court President Yitzhak Amit arrives for a court hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, November 27, 2025
Supreme Court President Isaac Amit arrives for a court hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, December 23, 2025

Levin calls for Supreme Court chief's resignation after all but one complaint dismissed

Finance Minister and Religious Zionists Party head Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, December 29, 2025

Smotrich: Supreme Court chief is 'violent megalomaniac,' gov’t will 'trample' court

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over backdrop of Sde Teiman military base.

Netanyahu weighs snap elections amid MAG scandal, low trust in judicial system - report


A protest in pictures: Israel's national 'day of disruption'

Take a look at just a few of the photos from the protests sweeping the country on Wednesday's national day of disruption.

 Israel Border Police officers work to prevent protesters from spilling over into the highway amid nationwide judicial reform protests, March 1, 2023.

Judicial reform: Judicial review, override clause passes committee first reading vote

The committee will reconvene on Sunday to vote on possible revisions to the judicial reform bill.

 The Constitution, Law and Justice Committee vote to pass the second section of the judicial reform bill, March 1, 2023.

Stun grenades thrown at protesters by police on Ayalon Highway

Multiple roads across the country were blocked by protests and train schedules were interrupted and delayed.

 A protester stands facing the police waving Israeli flags on Ayalon Highway during a protest against judicial reform, March 1, 2023.

PM’s wife evacuated from hairdresser blocked by protesters

Nationwide demonstrations turned violent as police used stun guns and horses in attempts to disperse protesters.

 A line of Border Police officers holds back protestors in Tel Aviv.

Can this Israeli think tank push a judicial reform compromise? - opinion

I hope your true legacy becomes that Moshe Koppel triggered some judicial reforms and helped save Israel. 

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a Kohelet conference in Jerusalem, in 2020.

Ex-A-G Mandelblit: Israel in regime revolution, not judicial reform

Israeli system was built with two institutions to protect its liberal democratic nature, the legal advisers and the judicial system, both under threat by the reform.

Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit

'National disruption day' in Israel: Where will the protests take place?

The protests are planned to be held as the government's legislative committee votes to pass the second part of the judicial reform.

 Israelis march in Tel Aviv during a protest against the Israeli government's planned judicial overhaul, February 25, 2023.

Israel's only way forward is unity gov't - Bennett says in Australia

The former prime minister says he supports Israeli judicial reforms, but said the current government has gone "too far."

 Former prime minister Naftali Bennett adresses the Israeli parliament during a "40 signatures debate" in the plenum hall of the Israeli parliament, on June 13, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90

Rothman proposes new 'British model' for Israeli judicial review

Previous versions of the bill would have restricted judicial review to situations in which an extended bench of 15 justices unanimously agreed that a law was in violation.

The man transforming the judicial system: Constitution, Law and Justice Committee chairman Simcha Rothman

Israeli legal experts offer constitution alternative to judicial reforms

Barak Medina: "We suggest that instead of rewriting or writing a new constitution, we may simply try to change the formal status of the Declaration of Independence."

 Israelis are seen demonstrating near the Supreme Court in Jerusalem ahead of a vote in the Knesset on judicial reform, on February 20, 2023.