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


Protests in pictures: Snapshots from Israel's 'Day of Resistance'

Here are some of the best snapshots of the dramatic scenes taking place across Israel during Tuesday's "Day of Resistance."

 Demonstrator holding up a sign at Ben Gurion Airport

Thousands flood airport in judicial reform protest, police arrest 37

Israeli protesters and police clashed at Ben-Gurion Airport after the protesters refused police instruction to vacate the Terminal 3 hall.

 Israelis protest and clash with police during a protest against the Israeli government's planned judicial overhaul, at the Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, July 3, 2023

A-G opposes judicial reform bill, says it restricts reasonableness doctrine

Another Likud private bill would reduce the powers of government legal advisors.

 Deputy Attorney General Gil Limon attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting on the planned judicial reform, at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on June 25, 2023.

Israel set to resume judicial reform legislation on Sunday

Opposition MKs and protest groups said they would ramp up opposition in order to delay the bill.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu looks toward MK Simcha Rothman as they confer with Justice Minister Yariv Levin in the Knesset last week. Levin and Rothman have been emphasizing the larger public welfare, says the writer

Netanyahu’s plea deal is in Israel’s public interest - Gideon Sa’ar

Sa'ar tweeted his support for a plea deal after details of a secret meeting between judges and the prosecutor's office was leaked.

 Justice Minister Gideon Sa'ar commented on the upcoming elections during an interview at Maariv's leaders' conference in collaboration with Walla!

In first since legislation freeze, judicial reform bill talks set for Wednesday

The matter of reasonableness is one of the least contested provisions of judicial reform.

 MK Simcha Rothman is seen in the Knesset in Jerusalem, on May 1, 2023.

Judicial reform, conflict of interest: Do we really want to live in such a world? - opinion

The new coalition will simply repeal the policies and laws of the previous coalition with those of its choosing: Each time claiming it is simply implementing majority rule.

 FROM LEFT: Supreme Court President Esther Hayut, then-justice minister Ayelet Shaked and then-finance minister Moshe Kahlon sit at the head of a meeting of the Judicial Selection Committee, in Jerusalem, 2018

Judicial reform: A promising first vote puts the economy back on track - opinion

After Netanyahu’s declaration to move ahead with parts of the judicial reform, we have yet to see if our hope for change has sparked too early.

 DEMONSTRATORS PROTEST against the government’s planned judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv. After 24 weeks of protesting and a nationwide uproar, the economy has suffered the consequences.

Netanyahu's reshaping of the Judicial Selection Committee - opinion

Netanyahu had also provided assurances to the opposition that there would be no tricks around this arrangement, the committee would be convened.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu votes last Wednesday in the Knesset for an MK to serve on the Judicial Selection Committee

Judicial overhaul debate: Back to square one, everyone but extremists lose out - analysis

Each side said that the events in the Knesset where the coalition suffered a humiliating loss, whereby it did not select a member to the nine-member Judicial Selection Committee.

 MEMBERS OF Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition applaud his speech yesterday at the Knesset. Will they continue to give him a Standing O?