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Lawyers cast their ballots for the head of the Israel Bar Association at a voting station at the Magistrate's Court in Jerusalem, June 20, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 20, 2023, 9:56 pm
Chaos in crucial Bar Association elections as high turnout complicates vote
Some voters report waiting many hours to cast ballots, as attorneys scramble to address prospect of government controlling judicial selection without the need for legislation
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
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, right, and Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai at the Israel Police Independence Day ceremony at the National Headquarters of the Israel Police in Jerusalem April 20, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
June 18, 2023, 9:07 pm
High Court issues interim injunction on law expanding Ben Gvir’s power over police
Far-right minister slams court, urges passing judicial overhaul ‘in its entirety’ as justices signal they’re seriously considering striking down legislation
By ToI Staff
Likud MK Tally Gotliv speaks at a conference in Airport City on March 20, 2023. (Flash90)
June 16, 2023, 7:33 pm
Renegade Likud MK says she’ll petition High Court over sanctions against her
Judicial overhaul backer Tally Gotliv blasts ‘unreasonable’ decision by coalition leadership, invoking an argument that she’s trying to prevent the court from using in future cases
By ToI Staff
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
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir arrives for a court hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on petitions against his police regulations bill, June 7, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 7, 2023, 8:39 pm
Supreme Court justice says he’s ‘worried’ about Ben Gvir police law during hearing
Petitioners against legislation granting extended powers over the police to the national security minister argue that it undermines force’s independence and threatens civil rights
By Jeremy Sharon
Composite photo: Otzma Yehudit chairman Itamar Ben Gvir, left, during a faction meeting at the Knesset on November 21, 2022; Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara speaks at Tel Aviv University on September 28, 2022. (Flash90)
June 1, 2023, 12:28 am
AG pans law expanding Ben Gvir’s authority over police but doesn’t recommend repeal
Gali Baharav-Miara says coalition legislation may lead to politicization of law enforcement and cause harm to personal liberties, but stops short of suggesting law be stricken down
By ToI Staff
An undated photo of Vyacheslav Golev, a security guard who was killed in a terror attack at Ariel on April 29, 2022, and his fiancée, Victoria Fligelman. (Courtesy)
May 31, 2023, 8:18 pm
Two Palestinians sentenced to life, plus 30 years, for deadly Ariel attack last year
Youssef Sameeh Assi and Yahya Marei convicted of murder for shooting at settlement entrance that killed security guard Vyacheslav Golev
By Emanuel Fabian
A view of the Dead Sea Works in southern Israel on February 2, 2018. (Issac Harari/Flash90)
May 30, 2023, 4:23 pm
State told to explain why it slashed NIS 65 million from Dead Sea Works water bill
High Court order represents latest stage in battle by nonprofits to get Idan Ofer’s mineral extraction company to pay for the water it uses
By Sue Surkes
View of the illegal Bedouin village Khan al-Ahmar, just off of Road 1 in the West Bank, February 2, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 8, 2023, 1:00 pm
Daily Briefing May 8: High Court rules that everyone loses in Bedouin demolition case
Senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur explains underlying political resonance of Khan al-Ahmar petitions; religion reporter Canaan Lidor on Lag B’Omer
By ToI Staff
The Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, in the West Bank, February 2, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 7, 2023, 9:52 pm
High Court rejects petition seeking immediate razing of Khan al-Ahmar
Justices accept state’s argument it has discretion on when to demolish illegal West Bank encampment, due to security and diplomatic considerations
By Jeremy Sharon
Protesters outside the home of former Supreme Court president Aharon Barak in Tel Aviv, May 4, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
May 5, 2023, 2:59 am
Pro and anti-overhaul protesters rally outside home of ex-Supreme Court chief Barak
Proposal’s backers hold Moroccan-style party in response to his claims he couldn’t find Mizrahi candidate to sit on bench; government’s opponents rally in support of retired judge
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Justice Minister Yariv Levin at the opening of the summer session of the Knesset, on May 1, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 1, 2023, 7:56 pm
High Court rules PM was not in contempt by saying he’d involve himself in overhaul
Judges accept attorney general’s position, say PM must not be involved in legislation due to conflict of interest, but reject assertion he was in breach of court order
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Newborn babies at the English Mission Hospital, in Nazareth, October 31, 2012. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
April 30, 2023, 7:29 pm
High Court ends Orthodox monopoly on conversion of non-Jewish kids up for adoption
After 20-year legal battle, state agrees to examine each such adoption on a case-by-case basis instead of continuing blanket mandate
By ToI Staff
File: Supreme Court President Esther Hayut (left), with then-minister of Justice Ayelet Shaked and then-finance minister Moshe Kahlon at a meeting of the Judicial Selection Committee, at the Ministry of Justice in Jerusalem, on February 22, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash 90)
April 28, 2023, 9:22 am
Shaked tells ToI she was able to diversify the judiciary under current system
While the Netanyahu coalition claims the current selection committee produces an unrepresentative bench, Shaked says she used it to build ‘an entire camp’ of conservative justices
By Tal Schneider
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