Legal reforms

Where terror meets the rule of law

Led by Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, Shurat Hadin is using lawsuits and international legal pressure to hold terror groups and their sponsors accountable

|ByALAN ROSENBAUM, IN COOPERATION WITH SHURAT HADIN
Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, Shurat HaDin president: ‘If all the democratic states could wage financial war against terror regimes, they could eliminate evil from the world.’
High Court Justice Daphne Barak-Erez arrives for a hearing on petitions calling to halt or substantially limit State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman’s investigations into the failures surrounding the Hamas's October 7 massacre, December 29, 2025; illustrative.

Israel legal gatekeepers must be careful not to overreach - opinion

At a time when the government has declared war on the legal establishment and the rule of law, this system must indeed act with resolve – but also with judgment and restraint. 

|BySHUKI FRIEDMAN
Attorney general Gali Baharav-Miara at a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset, in the Israeli parliament on September 30, 2025.

High Court of Justice nullifies govt’s dismissal of attorney-general, Baharav-Miara to remain

The court ruled that the decision was procedurally flawed and legally untenable, and that both the revision of the term-ending process and the subsequent dismissal were void. 

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG addresses the Knesset plenum at the opening of the winter session on October 20, 2025.

Israel needs real reform, not a lower electoral threshold - opinion

Lowering the electoral threshold is not intended to bring new voices into the Knesset but only to assist those who are already there.

|ByASAF HEIMAN

Yariv Levin, like Menachem Begin, can stop a Jewish civil war in Israel - analysis

Like his literal godfather Menachem Begin, Yariv Levin has the power to defuse a combustible situation that could conceivably lead to internecine violence in Israel.

FEBRUARY 6, 2023ByHERB KEINON
Former Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and Justice Minister Yariv Levin. The two both had the chance to stop a Jewish civil war.

Israeli retail executives urge gov't to find judicial reform compromise

The letter urged Israeli political leaders to approach a compromise regarding judicial reforms.

FEBRUARY 6, 2023ByZACHY HENNESSEY
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference about the judicial reform following warnings from many economic experts.

Israeli judicial reform bill will split into two, Yariv Levin confirms

The coalition will likely first focus on changing the makeup of the judicial appointments committee and limiting the High Court of Justice's power to strike down laws, according to a report.

FEBRUARY 6, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
Israel's Justice Minister Yariv Levin holds a press conference at the Knesset, the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem, on January 4, 2023.

Basic Law for basic laws: Solving Israel's judicial reform dispute - opinion

Such a plan to solve the judicial crisis seizes the moral high ground by creating a system that is not only just but simple and stable.

FEBRUARY 6, 2023ByMICHAEL SEGAL
OPPOSITION LEADER Yair Lapid has proposed that President Isaac Herzog set up a commission to examine the matter of judicial reform.

Letters to the Editor February 6, 2023: Marius and Sulla

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

FEBRUARY 6, 2023ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters

Judicial reform could push hi-tech out of Israel - opinion

The legacy of today’s government will not only be the gutting of Israeli democracy, but the stunting of the hi-tech economy.

FEBRUARY 6, 2023ByADAM FISHER
WORKERS FROM the hi-tech sector protest against the proposed changes to the legal system, in Tel Aviv, on Tuesday.

AIPAC should speak up against Israel's judicial reform - opinion

As the main pro-Israel organization in the US, AIPAC should take a proactive stance and voice its concerns about judicial reform.

FEBRUARY 6, 2023ByBEN LURIA
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, in 2018.

How far will the Israeli economic sector's opposition to judicial reform go?

ECONOMIC AFFAIRS: The fear is that if investors are unsure about Israel’s protection of the rule of law, they’ll be much more reluctant to invest.

FEBRUARY 3, 2023ByZACHY HENNESSEY
HI-TECH SECTOR workers hold signs saying ‘No democracy, no hi-tech’ as they demonstrate against proposed judicial reforms in Tel Aviv, last week.

Hi-tech success is Israel's success - It belongs to all its citizens

To hi-tech people: don't threaten the state with what also belongs to the state. The public also has a fundamental share in the great success built here - the Israeli hi-tech.

FEBRUARY 3, 2023ByDR. ESTHER LUZZATTO
Dr. Esther Luzzato

Blinken gave Netanyahu a ladder for his gov't, will he take it?

US-ISRAEL AFFAIRS: Antony Blinken has gotten involved in Israel's internal judicial reform debate.

FEBRUARY 3, 2023ByHERB KEINON
US SECRETARY OF State Antony Blinken and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leave the podium after their joint press conference on Monday, in Jerusalem.