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Carrie Keller-Lynn

Carrie Keller-Lynn

Carrie Keller-Lynn is a political and legal correspondent for The Times of Israel
Israelis attend a protest against military service exemptions for ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students and the government's planned judicial overhaul, outside the Kol Torah yeshiva in Jerusalem, May 4, 2023. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
June 25, 2023, 8:38 pm
Cabinet shields Haredi youth from military draft, 5 days before exemption law expiry
Defense minister will order the military not to enforce conscription of religious scholars until March 31, 2024, by which time the government plans to have passed a new law
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Likud MK Hanoch Milwidsky speaks during a Knesset Finance Committee hearing, February 22, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 25, 2023, 7:34 pm
Government backs bill to siphon off most of Israel Bar Association’s powers
Licensing, bar exams and sanctioning lawyers are among powers to be transferred to a new Lawyers Council; current text would also strip IBA of seats on judge-selecting panel
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
MK Simcha Rothman leads a Knesset Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee discussion, June 25, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 25, 2023, 4:50 pm
Knesset restarts judicial overhaul with bill to broadly outlaw ‘reasonableness’ test
Rothman says nixing court review of decisions by elected officials is ‘democratic;’ legal adviser warns bill is ‘too broad’ and opposition says it’s a pathway to ‘corruption’
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Yesh Atid lawmaker Orna Barbivai announces her run for Tel Aviv mayor, from an event space overlooking the Tel Aviv Municipality, June 21, 2023. (Credit: Elad Gutman)
June 21, 2023, 11:57 pm
Calling for fresh blood and liberalism, MK Barbivai launches Tel Aviv mayor campaign
Yesh Atid lawmaker fronts party’s most prominent effort to establish deeper foothold in local authorities, vying with four others to challenge 25-year incumbent Ron Huldai
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Lawyers vote in the Israel Bar Association election at the Magistrate's Court in Jerusalem, June 20, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 21, 2023, 8:38 pm
Hours after losing battle for Bar Association, Likud moves to void its power
Ministerial committee to discuss legislation to strip group of licensing power, and possibly to end its participation in key Judicial Selection Committee
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Andriy Yermak, chief of staff to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (Courtesy Office of the President of Ukraine)
June 20, 2023, 6:09 pm
Zelensky chief of staff: Only Israel can provide what we need against Iranian drones
Andriy Yermak says Kyiv also still wants Israeli weapons to rebuff Russian invasion, ‘cannot understand’ how Netanyahu has yet to visit
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
MK Orna Barbivai arrives at judicial reform negotiations at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, March 28, 2023. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
June 20, 2023, 2:29 pm
Yesh Atid MK Orna Barbivai to challenge veteran mayor Ron Huldai in Tel Aviv race
Backed by opposition leader Yair Lapid and planning to quit Knesset in August, Barbivai is the most high-profile challenger to the 25-year incumbent in the October election
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
(L) Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 1, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) (R) President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem, June 14, 2023 (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
June 20, 2023, 11:16 am
Smotrich: ‘Leftist’ Herzog can’t act as fair mediator in judicial overhaul talks
Far-right minister says president ‘100% aligned with the left’; Gantz: Herzog working day and night to prevent ‘destruction of democracy’
By ToI Staff and Carrie Keller-Lynn
Israelis protest against the government's planned judicial overhaul, outside PM Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem, on May 25, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 20, 2023, 1:35 am
US says overhaul consensus crucial as Netanyahu coalition unilaterally restarts push
White House reiterates importance of ‘broadest possible base of popular support’ for judicial reforms as bill shackling court on ‘reasonableness’ doctrine heads to committee
By Jacob Magid and Carrie Keller-Lynn
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, June 18, 2023. (Amit Shabi/Pool)
June 19, 2023, 6:39 pm
Coalition moves to restart overhaul, sets plan to limit High Court’s judicial review
Government aiming to pass bill to prevent justices from ruling on ‘reasonableness’ of decisions in next six weeks; legislation remaking Judicial Selection Committee set for fall
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir holds a meeting at his ministry offices in Jerusalem, June 15, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
June 18, 2023, 5:50 am
Cabinet okays bill to monitor domestic abusers, months after tanking similar bill
Police minister Ben Gvir, citing men’s rights, had sought preconditions for tracking offenders; new version of bill lets judges bypass those conditions in urgent cases
By Michael Bachner, Carrie Keller-Lynn and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu votes to nominate lawmakers to sit on the Judicial Selection Committee, June 14, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 15, 2023, 9:44 pm
For Netanyahu, yesterday’s embarrassment could become tomorrow’s win
Wednesday’s tumult in the Knesset has politicians accusing the PM of losing control, but it might have set the stage for him to solve his overhaul quandary
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leaves his Likud party meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on June 14, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 14, 2023, 7:09 pm
Coalition in chaos as opposition wins seat on judge-picking panel while Likud left out
MKs elect Elharrar, reject Gotliv; result embarasses PM, though coalition will likely elect own representative soon; opposition says no overhaul talks until committee formed
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Justice Minister Yariv Levin, right, on the Knesset floor, June 7, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
June 14, 2023, 6:20 am
Vote on identity of MKs on judge selection panel seen as test for overhaul talks
Whether Knesset places one coalition and one opposition MK on committee or bucks tradition to install 2 coalition MKs may determine future of negotiations
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a Likud faction meeting at the Knesset on January 9, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 13, 2023, 8:32 pm
Coalition heads to meet Wednesday before crucial vote on judge-picking panel
Knesset expected to vote in the morning to place 2 members on Judicial Selection Committee, as opposition insists it must have a representative alongside government MK
By Carrie Keller-Lynn and ToI Staff
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