Articles in "Legal Affairs"

Knesset Speaker Rules Out New Vote for State Comptroller Despite Court Concerns

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana on Sunday rejected a recommendation by judges of the High Court of Justice to rerun the election for State ...

Israeli High Court Hears Petitions Against Law Reshaping Judicial Selection Committee

Israel's High Court of Justice on Sunday opened hearings on petitions seeking to strike down a law that reshapes Israel’s Judicial ...

High Court Hears Petitions Challenging Election of Israel’s State Comptroller

Israel’s High Court of Justice on Thursday heard petitions seeking to invalidate the Knesset’s election of attorney Michael Rabello as ...

Israeli Minister’s Diplomatic Passport Case Referred to Attorney General After Police Probe

The Israel Police have completed their investigation into Energy and Infrastructure Minister Eli Cohen over suspected fraud in the issuance ...

Israel Supreme Court Upholds Detention of Hamas-Linked Hospital Director

Israel’s Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital and a Hamas ...

Four Indicted Over Riot Outside Israeli Supreme Court Justice’s Home

Four men were indicted Sunday over their alleged role in a violent riot outside the home of Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg earlier ...

Prosecutors Indict Netanyahu Adviser Yonatan Urich Over Document Leak

Yonatan Urich, a close aide and media adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was indicted on Thursday on charges related to the ...

State Comptroller: Israel Unprepared for Post–October 7 Detention Surge

Israel’s State Comptroller on Tuesday issued a sweeping report criticizing the government’s handling of security detainees following ...

Israel’s High Court Orders Justice Minister to Cooperate on Judicial Nominations

Israel's High Court of Justice on Sunday unanimously ordered Justice Minister Yariv Levin to cooperate with Supreme Court President Yitzhak ...

Israeli High Court Clears Way for Roman Gofman to Become Mossad Chief

Israel’s High Court of Justice on Monday rejected petitions seeking to annul the appointment of Major General Roman Gofman as head of the ...