judicial overhaul compromise talks

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) with Justice Minister Yariv Levin at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 7, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

PM said ready to ‘go all the way’ with reasonableness bill to limit judicial review

Netanyahu expected to wait until legislation goes for 1st Knesset reading to gauge public reaction before deciding if other elements of overhaul will be advanced in current session

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, in the center of Tel Aviv, December 25, 2018. (Adam Shuldman/Flash90)

Shekel seesaws amid Knesset’s judicial selection drama

By Sharon Wrobel

June 26, 2023, 8:12 am

PM said ready to ‘go all the way’ with reasonableness bill to limit judicial review

Netanyahu expected to wait until legislation goes for 1st Knesset reading to gauge public reaction before deciding if other elements of overhaul will be advanced in current session

By ToI Staff

(L) MK Simcha Rotman at the Knesset on June 20, 2023 (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90) () Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset on May 15, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) and (R) Justice Minister Yariv Levin at a cabinet in Jerusalem on May 28, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

June 25, 2023, 8:44 am

Knesset committee to advance ‘reasonableness’ bill, limiting judicial review

Panel headed by far-right MK Rothman will discuss curtailing court’s ability to invalidate decisions made by PM, ministers, cabinet, elected officials

By ToI Staff

(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

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with the architects of the proposed judicial overhaul, Justice Minister Yariv Levin and MK Simcha Rothman (standing) in the Knesset on February 15, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

June 19, 2023, 6:02 am

Government gears up to advance smaller parts of overhaul after talks suspended

Coalition likely to push one bill restricting the High Court’s use of the reasonableness doctrine to review gov’t policy, and another curbing ministerial legal advisers’ powers

By Jeremy Sharon

File: Former Supreme Court president Aharon Barak in Jerusalem, December 8, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

June 18, 2023, 11:25 pm

Ex-chief justice backs partial curb on court oversight if rest of overhaul shelved

Aharon Barak says he’d support limit on ‘reasonableness’ doctrine ‘if it satisfies’ Justice Minister Levin; urges adding more judges, reforming prosecution instead of current plan

By ToI Staff

Illustrative: MK Tally Gotliv attends a conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on November 28, 2022 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

June 18, 2023, 1:24 pm

Daily Briefing June 18: What are PM’s next moves after rogue Likud MK derailed vote?

Senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur on how PM and opposition jostle to be seen as forces of stability; military reporter Emanuel Fabian on hypersonic weaponry, sharp rise of arms sales

By ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 18, 2023. (Amit Shabi/POOL)

June 18, 2023, 12:36 pm

Netanyahu vows to move ahead with parts of judicial overhaul ‘this week’

Addressing cabinet meeting, prime minister accuses Lapid and Gantz of ‘playing a game’ and seeking to ‘waste time’ by freezing negotiations

By Amy Spiro

Israelis attend a protest against the government's judicial overhaul plans, in Tel Aviv, on June 17, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

June 17, 2023, 10:16 pm

With fate of judicial panel in the balance, masses rally nationwide against overhaul

Ahead of politically charged election this week for new Israel Bar Association head, interim chief warns protesters of attempt to ‘destroy independence of the judicial system’

By ToI Staff

Yisrael Beytenu party chairman Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset on June 12, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

June 17, 2023, 1:09 pm

Liberman: Judicial panel vote ‘one big show’ that Netanyahu staged with Lapid, Gantz

Yisrael Beytenu head again claims his fellow opposition chiefs have cut deal with PM and Aryeh Deri that would return the latter to cabinet after court ruled he can’t be a minister

By 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

File: MK Karine Elharrar arrives for the opening session of the Knesset in Jerusalem on November 15, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

June 15, 2023, 1:52 pm

Daily Briefing Jun 15: And the winners are… MK Karine Elharrar – and PM Netanyahu?

Knesset correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn on the stormy vote for the Judicial Selection Committee, and diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman on a ‘mini-agreement’ with Iran

By ToI Staff

Leader of the Opposition and Yesh Atid Chairman Yair Lapid speaks during a press conference in the Knesset, June 14, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

June 14, 2023, 10:58 pm

Lapid, Gantz freeze overhaul negotiations over ‘PM’s capitulation to extremists’

Opposition leaders say they demand functioning judge selection panel if talks are to continue; Netanyahu accuses them of looking for an excuse to halt the process

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

June 14, 2023, 8:45 pm

Shekel seesaws amid Knesset’s judicial selection drama

Currency regains earlier losses after opposition’s surprise win of seat on panel; Israeli shares close lower amid investor concern over ability to reach broad compromise

By Sharon Wrobel

Outgoing Finance Ministry chief economist Shira Greenberg speaks at the Aaron Institute for Economic Policy conference at Reichman University, June 14, 2023. (Oren Shalev)

June 14, 2023, 2:28 pm

Business execs urge Netanyahu to let opposition have seat on judicial panel

Entrepreneurs and investors warn of ‘irreversible’ damage to economy; outgoing Finance Ministry chief economist calls on government to clear up political uncertainty

By Sharon Wrobel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on May 14, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

June 14, 2023, 1:16 pm

Daily Briefing June 14: Fateful voting day in Knesset for judicial picks

Knesset correspondent Tal Schneider discusses choosing MKs for Judicial Selection Committee; Diaspora affairs reporter Canaan Lidor looks at Lithuanian PM speech and Hong Kong eruv

By ToI Staff