Judicial Reform

Justice Minister Yariv Levin. Photo: Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90

November 12, 2023, 6:41 am

Levin to convene Judicial Selection Committee

"...This is the right step for this time.""

By JEREMY SHARON

Israeli protesters in New York City's Times Square on September 19.
Photo: Luke Tress/Times of Israel

September 21, 2023, 9:18 am

Hundreds protest as Bibi meets world leaders

"If there won't be equality, we'll take down the government, you came down on the wrong generation."

By LUKE TRESS and TOI STAFF

All 15 High Court justices preside over a court hearing on petitions against the government's 'reasonableness bill' at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem. Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

September 14, 2023, 12:19 pm

Petitions against Reasonableness law

Fraught exchanges between the court and the attorneys defending the so-called "reasonableness" legislation have occurred during a mammoth 13-hour hearing.

Jack Lew (left) with Benjamin Netanyahu in June 2014.
Photo: Matty Stern/US Embassy in Israel

September 10, 2023, 6:33 am

Next US envoy

If confirmed, Lew will also be tasked with reining in the Israeli government's efforts to further expand the settlers' footprint in the West Bank...

By Jacob Magid

Protesters wave flags and placards during a demonstration against the Israeli government's judicial overhaul plan in Tel Aviv. Photo: Jack Guez/AFP

September 7, 2023, 11:26 am

Sides reject possible judicial deal

Both anti-government protest leaders and far-right politicians have rejected any possible deal, while parties closer to the centre of the political spectrum stayed quiet

By TOI STAFF

Anti-overhaul activists protest outside UN Headquarters in New York City.
Photo: Luke Tress/Times of Israel

August 31, 2023, 9:52 am

Israelis protest for 34th week in a row

Protesters demonstrated on Saturday evening in Tel Aviv and across Israel for a 34th consecutive week as dozens of Israelis protested outside UN Headquarters in New York City.

By LUKE TRESS WITH TOI STAFF

Netta Barzilai (third from left) at a Tel Aviv protest against the government's judicial overhaul.
Photo: Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90

August 28, 2023, 6:38 am

High Court rejects delay on ‘reasonableness’ law hearing

"My parents come here every week, and there was no way I would leave them alone here. We hear every day about exclusion and violence against women, and we will not be trampled on," Barzilai told the crowd.

By TOI STAFF and Emanuel Fabian

Professor Tomer Broude, Dean of Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

August 24, 2023, 11:16 am

Constitution could make Israeli democracy stronger

Professor Tomer Broude told The AJN that replacing the system of basic laws with a formal written constitution might provide a way for Israel to emerge as a stronger society.

By Bruce Hill

From left: Matti Friedman, Yossi Klein-Halevi, Daniel Gordis

August 23, 2023, 10:58 am

Diaspora Jews: Time to take a stand

Why world Jewry should support Israel, but not its current government, and ways to do so.

By MATTI FRIEDMAN and YOSSI KLEIN HALEVI and DANIEL GORDIS

Demonstrators rally against the government's judicial overhaul plans in Tel Aviv on August 12. Photo: Gitai Palti

August 20, 2023, 7:27 am

Netanyahu, Levin said to seek pause to overhaul

The report said the Charedi parties believe the overhaul has divided Israelis too much and are even willing to see its architect, Justice Minister Yariv Levin, quit his post, as he's threatened to do if the bills aren't advanced at a quick enough pace.

By CANAAN LIDOR and TOI STAFF

A rare moment of unity as pro and anti-overhaul demonstrators reach across and shake hands at Jerusalem's Yitzhak Navon train station.
Photo: Twitter video screenshot

August 13, 2023, 12:50 pm

Polarisation caused by social media bubbles

In one sense, the judicial reforms are part of a struggle between classes about who controls the rules of democracy, not about democracy itself, despite some of the bloodcurdling rhetoric.

By ANALYSIS Bruce Hill and Bruce Hill

Israelis protest against the visit of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara in the Golan Heights.
Photo: Ayal Margolin/Flash90

August 11, 2023, 6:35 am

Thousands refuse to report for volunteer duty

Protest organisers quoted by Kan claimed that up to Tuesday morning, the authorities were also preventing further activists from joining their encampment and supplying them with food, water and shade.

By AJN STAFF

President of the Supreme Court Esther Hayut and Supreme Court justices at the High Court in Jerusalem. Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

August 3, 2023, 8:42 am

Netanyahu dismisses international criticism

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dismissed international criticism that his judicial overhaul is undermining democracy and said he will not be swayed by outside pressure.

Demonstrators wave large Israeli flags during a protest against the Netanyahu government's overhaul of the judicial system, outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, on Monday, July 24, 2023, as parliament passed the 'reasonableness' law. Photo: AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg

July 31, 2023, 10:50 am

The wounded Jewish psyche and the divided Israeli soul

Understanding Israel’s moment of truth – from the war on Start-up Nation, to the moral crisis in Orthodox Jewry, to the author’s personal failure of empathy for political opponents

By Yossi Klein Halevi

Yesh Atid party head MK Yair Lapid addresses the Knesset plenum. July 30, 2023. Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

July 31, 2023, 9:22 am

Lapid: Freeze judicial overhaul until 2025, or we won’t return to talks

Likud says it is ready to speak without preconditions — meaning it refuses to halt the process; Knesset begins recess of nearly three months.

By CARRIE KELLER-LYNN