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Jeremy Sharon

Jeremy Sharon

Jeremy Sharon is The Times of Israel’s legal affairs and settlements reporter
Israeli film producer Arnon Milchan makes his way to the conference hall in the Old Ship Hotel in Brighton, UK, to testify via video in the trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, June 25, 2023 (Channel 13 screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 25, 2023, 10:09 pm
In testimony, Milchan confirms conveyor belt of cigars, champagne to Netanyahus
Hollywood mogul describes how PM and wife routinely requested lavish gifts; says PM assured him the AG had specified there was ‘no limit, apart from a house’ to gifts from friends
By Jeremy Sharon
View of the West Bank settlement of Eli, January 17, 2021. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)
June 23, 2023, 12:56 am
Legalization of 3 West Bank outposts among plans slated for approval next week
Netanyahu, Smotrich, Gallant clear plans for advancement after deadly terror attack on Tuesday near Eli; illegal communities lie adjacent to settlement
By Jeremy Sharon
Construction equipment and caravan houses are seen at an illegal outpost built near the West Bank settlement of Maale Levona on June 22, 2023, following a deadly terror attack at a nearby gas station two days before. (Courtesy)
June 22, 2023, 5:05 pm
Illegal outpost set up near Eli settlement, while no orders come to evacuate Evyatar
Five new buildings and an access road are built overnight in the West Bank without army or Defense Ministry intervention, near where Palestinian terrorists killed 4 Israelis
By Jeremy Sharon
A taxi adorned with a watermelon in the colors of the Palestinian flag to protest a police crackdown on flying the banner, in Tel Aviv on June 21, 2023 (Courtesy: Zazim - Community Action)
June 22, 2023, 12:59 am
Activists use images of watermelons to protest police crackdown on Palestinian flags
Protest group puts posters with fruit in colors of Palestinian flag on vans in Tel Aviv, vowing to ‘not stop fighting for freedom of expression and democracy’
By Jeremy Sharon
Newly elected head of the Israeli Bar Association Amit Becher at a press conference for the announcement of the election results for the Israeli Bar Association in Tel Aviv, June 21, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
June 21, 2023, 10:40 pm
Winning bar contest, Becher spoils coalition hope of controlling judge picks, for now
Victorious new Israel Bar Association chair says his election will go down as ‘an important chapter in the history of Israeli democracy’
By Jeremy Sharon
Interim head of the Israel Bar Association Amit Becher (left) and former Israel Bar Association head Efi Nave (right). Becher and Nave are the leading candidates in the elections for IBA chairman set for June 20, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90 and Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 21, 2023, 10:28 am
In blow to coalition, anti-overhaul Becher expected to win Bar Association vote
Government’s preferred candidate Nave admits defeat; results seen as crucial in larger fight over Judicial Selection Committee and effort to curb High Court’s powers
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Settlers seen at the illegal outpost of Evyatar in the West Bank on June 29, 2021. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)
June 21, 2023, 8:06 am
Settlers mass at Evyatar, vow to reestablish outpost in response to deadly attack
Hundreds ascend West Bank hilltop demanding government make good on its promise to legalize the settlement and expand building in response to Palestinian terror
By ToI Staff and Jeremy Sharon
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
MK Simcha Rothman, head of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, seen during a committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on May 29, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 20, 2023, 4:56 pm
Rothman readies bill to greatly limit judicial review for Knesset committee hearing
Amendment to Basic Law barring the use of ‘reasonableness’ expected to come before panel next week; MK Gideon Sa’ar calls wording ‘very, very extreme and very, very dangerous’
By Jeremy Sharon
Lawyers vote in the Israel Bar Association election at the Magistrate's Court in Jerusalem, June 20, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 20, 2023, 1:55 pm
Lawyers vote for leadership of bar association, a key factor in selection of judges
Turnout high as top candidates trade barbs; victory of government ally over staunch overhaul critic could mean government will be able to remake judiciary without legislation
By ToI Staff and Jeremy Sharon
Interim head of the Israel Bar Association Amit Becher (left) and former Israel Bar Association head Efi Nave (right). Becher and Nave are the leading candidates in the elections for IBA chairman set for June 20, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90 and Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 19, 2023, 4:59 pm
Character of the judiciary at stake in Tuesday’s Israel Bar Association elections
Support within the IBA’s National Council could give Justice Minister Levin enough power to remake the judiciary without the need for legislation. How likely is that to happen?
By Jeremy Sharon
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
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich during the cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 18, 2023. (Amit Shabi/POOL)
June 18, 2023, 4:18 pm
Netanyahu hands Smotrich full authority to expand existing settlements
Cabinet decision with immediate effect also dramatically expedites approval process for construction at settlements, scraps requirement for okay from defense minister or cabinet
By Jeremy Sharon
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
Police at the scene where a woman was shot and killed while sitting in her car in Haifa, May 8, 2023. (Flash90)
June 8, 2023, 6:00 am
As Arab homicide rate soars, government apathy comes into focus
A failure to prioritize the fight against organized crime, infighting between Arab criminal gangs, and deep-seated societal problems are all part of the problem, say MKs, experts
By Jeremy Sharon
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