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Deputy Attorney General Gil Limon attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting on the planned judicial reform, at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on June 25, 2023.

A-G opposes judicial reform bill, says it restricts reasonableness doctrine

By MICHAEL STARR

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu looks toward MK Simcha Rothman as they confer with Justice Minister Yariv Levin in the Knesset last week. Levin and Rothman have been emphasizing the larger public welfare, says the writer

Israel set to resume judicial reform legislation on Sunday

By ELIAV BREUER

Justice Minister Gideon Sa'ar commented on the upcoming elections during an interview at Maariv's leaders' conference in collaboration with Walla!

Netanyahu’s plea deal is in Israel’s public interest - Gideon Sa’ar

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

MK Simcha Rothman is seen in the Knesset in Jerusalem, on May 1, 2023.

In first since legislation freeze, judicial reform bill talks set for Wednesday

By MICHAEL STARR

FROM LEFT: Supreme Court President Esther Hayut, then-justice minister Ayelet Shaked and then-finance minister Moshe Kahlon sit at the head of a meeting of the Judicial Selection Committee, in Jerusalem, 2018

Judicial reform, conflict of interest: Do we really want to live in such a world? - opinion

By MICHAEL HUMPHRIES

DEMONSTRATORS PROTEST against the government’s planned judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv. After 24 weeks of protesting and a nationwide uproar, the economy has suffered the consequences.

Judicial reform: A promising first vote puts the economy back on track - opinion

By SHARON BERHOVSKI

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu votes last Wednesday in the Knesset for an MK to serve on the Judicial Selection Committee

Netanyahu's reshaping of the Judicial Selection Committee - opinion

By SUSAN HATTIS ROLEF

MEMBERS OF Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition applaud his speech yesterday at the Knesset. Will they continue to give him a Standing O?

Judicial overhaul debate: Back to square one, everyone but extremists lose out - analysis

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 18, 2023.

Netanyahu: Israeli judicial reform to advance, 'moderately, responsibly'

By ELIAV BREUER

Protests against the judicial reform at Kaplan Street in Tel Aviv, May 27, 2023.

Protestors return to Caesarea after a night of violence outside the PM's home

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

ISRAEL’S SUPREME Court justices convene in Jerusalem.

Judicial reform debate: Is Israel's reasonableness standard reasonable?

By MICHAEL STARR

Israel's Declaration of Independence

Israel, UK: 2 countries without written constitutions and shared lessons

By CRYSTAL JONES/THE MEDIA LINE

Then-president Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pose for a group photo with Supreme Court justices in 2015.

Letter to Kohelet Forum on Israeli judicial reform, and their response - opinion

By LAWRENCE NOWOSENETZ

An aerial view shows protesters demonstrating against the government’s judicial overhaul plan in Tel Aviv on April 29.

Are Israel's pro-democracy protests fruitful or futile?

By SHLOMO MAITAL

THE KNESSET will return to session next week amid the temporary freeze in the judicial reform legislation.

Neither side wants judicial reform conversation to return to Knesset