Articles in "Legal Affairs"

Baby Sophie Returns to Her Genetic Parents After Two-Year Legal Battle Over Fertility Clinic Mix-Up

The genetic parents of Baby Sophie, born in a fertility clinic mix-up that shocked Israel, ending a two-year legal battle with the woman ...

Israeli Justice Minister Slammed After Nominating All 13 Sitting Justices to Lead Supreme Court

A standoff over Israeli judicial appointments deepened when Justice Minister Yariv Levin nominated all 13 sitting Supreme Court justices ...

Israeli Justice Minister, High Court in Standoff Over Judicial Appointments

Israel's Justice Minister and High Court are in a standoff over judicial appointments after Yariv Levin said on Sunday he would boycott the ...

Unprecedented High Court Hearing on Palestinian Terror Payments Ends in Uproar

A hearing at Israel's High Court of Justice over the Palestinian Authority's standing to petition the court ended abruptly on Sunday as ...

‘An Absurd Opinion’: Int’l Court of Justice Labels Israel’s Presence in Judea, Samaria ‘Unlawful’

As widely expected, the International Court of Justice in The Hague on Friday labeled Israel's presence in Judea and Samaria as "unlawful." ...

Israeli High Court Orders State to Conscript Yeshiva Students in Threat to Netanyahu’s Coalition

Israel's High Court of Justice unanimously ordered the state to begin drafting yeshiva students into army service on Tuesday in a verdict ...

October 7 Victims File $1 Billion Lawsuit Against UNRWA

More than 100 survivors of Hamas's October 7 attacks filed a $1 billion lawsuit against the United Relief and Works Agency for "aiding and ...

Israel Directs $35 Million in Palestinian Authority Tax Revenues to Terror Victims

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich ordered 130 million shekels ($35 million) in tax revenue collected for the Palestinian Authority ...

Israeli Ad Hoc Judge in The Hague Steps Down as Netanyahu Mulls Replacement

Retired Israeli Supreme Court Justice Aharon Barak said on Wednesday he is stepping down from his position as an ad hoc judge at the ...

Israel High Court Hears Petitions Against Orthodox Army Exemptions

Israel's High Court of Justice began hearing petitions on Sunday morning against a government plan to exempt Orthodox men from mandatory ...