Supreme Court
Likud MKs remain barred from district primary slots after Supreme Court appeal is withdrawn
It does not affect the eight positions that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been authorized to fill with candidates of his choosing. The primary vote is currently scheduled for Monday.
US charges 11 in $100K-per-person scheme arranging 1,000 sham marriages for Chinese nationals
Supreme Court rejects appeal over Likud regional slots, backs party court ruling
Jerusalem’s Armenians are under attack, and the world is looking away - opinion
Knesset to High Court: Judicial-selection reform may justify professional trade-off
The Knesset told the High Court that lower professional standards among Supreme Court appointees could be justified by greater public trust and a more diverse judiciary.
High Court temporarily freezes parts of Shlomo Karhi's broadcasting reform as petitions grow
Justice Grosskopf said the petitions raised “weighty claims” regarding both the way the law was enacted and certain arrangements it established or abolished.
Court blocks planned Likud vote over disputed primary rules
At the center of the dispute was a set of election rules approved by the Likud Constitution Committee, headed by Katz and supported by Netanyahu.
High Court names nine-justice panel to hear petitions on law halting arrest of haredi draft dodgers
The dispute comes after a succession of increasingly forceful High Court judgments on inequality in military service and the government’s failure to enforce the existing draft law.
High Court freezes Knesset law stopping arrests of haredi military draft evaders
The court issued a conditional order hours after the Knesset approved the legislation, citing longstanding rulings on yeshiva conscription and concerns over selective enforcement.
Supreme Court denies house arrest for Chaim Rotter, Bnei Brak man accused of rape, targeting minors
The decision came after a Tel Aviv District Court ruled on Sunday that Rotter could be released to house arrest with electronic monitoring in Safed, a move the prosecution opposed.
High Court signals petitions against Karhi broadcasting reform may be premature
A separate petition filed by Yesh Atid MKs Shelly Tal Meron and Yorai Lahav-Hertzanu is expected to be heard separately.
Israel's hysterical Torah study bill will backfire on the ultra-Orthodox - opinion
What’s really happening is a payoff to the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) political parties, against the will of an overwhelming majority of Israelis and in direct defiance of the Supreme Court.
The hypocrisy of Ireland’s EU presidency commitments - opinion
Interestingly, in his speech on Tuesday, Martin did not refer to antisemitism. But he did platform Ireland’s unbalanced perspective on the Middle East and anti-Israel hostility.
Israel's new death penalty law will only unlock more doors for terror - opinion
The lesson is simple: calls for death fuel more killing. Once any society exposes itself to the Pandora’s Box of state-sponsored killings of prisoners, all bets on civilized humanity are off.
