Articles in "Legal Affairs"

Israeli High Court Battles Justice Minister Over Judicial Selection Committee

The government requested on Thursday that the High Court of Justice cancel the injunction it published earlier in the day requiring Justice ...

Tensions High as Israeli Supreme Court Convenes On Judicial Overhaul

Tensions were high at Israel's Supreme Court as justices gathered on Tuesday morning to hear petitions against a key component of the ...

Israeli Supreme Court Sets Date to Hear Petitions Against Judicial Reform

Israel's Supreme Court has decided to hear petitions filed against the "reasonableness law" that the Knesset enacted this week, with a ...

High Court Ruling on Judicial Reform Could Trigger Constitutional Crisis

If Israel's Supreme Court strikes down the "reasonableness law" that the Knesset enacted on Monday it would create an unprecedented ...

Israeli Opposition Leader Testifies in Netanyahu Corruption Trial

Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid testified at the corruption trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday. The opposition ...

Palestinian Man Indicted for Transferring Millions of Shekels to Islamic Jihad

An indictment was filed today against a Palestinian man accused of transferring millions of shekels to Palestinian Islamic Jihad, for the ...

Israeli High Court Rules Gov’t Can Delay Demolition of Illegal Bedouin Village

Israel's High Court of Justice ruled on Sunday that the government may delay the demolition of Khan al-Ahmar, an illegally built Bedouin ...

Israeli Police Investigating Right-Wing Lawmaker for Inciting Terror

Israeli Police opened an investigation into right-wing Knesset member Zvika Fogel for inciting terror over comments he made about the ...

Setting Precedent for Civil Marriage, Israeli Supreme Court Legalizes ‘Zoom Weddings’

Israel's Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that couples who got married in online civil ceremonies through the US state of Utah can have their ...

Israeli President’s Judicial Reform Compromise Gathers Momentum

Israeli President Isaac Herzog's efforts to mediate a compromise on judicial reform has gathered momentum in recent days, possibly leading ...