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 Florida Judge Roy Altman and his delegation of 14 US federal judges in front of Israel's Knesset.

US federal judge delegation explores Oct 7 challenge to Israeli legal system

 Supreme Court justice Uzi Vogelman at the High Court of Justice in Jerusalem, on December 31, 2023

Vogelman: Reform ruling part of constitutional process, need last Basic Law

 JUSTICE MINISTER Yariv Levin attends a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem.

Justice Minister Levin to convene judicial selection panel within 15 days

The writer wonders whether all the High Court justices themselves understand the severity of the reasonableness standard amendment.

The judicial reform is a wholesale uprooting of the judiciary's power - opinion

By URIEL LYNN
 A colorized image of David Ben-Gurion reading Israel’s Declaration of Independence in Tel Aviv on May 14, 1948.

Israel's government attorney questions 'hasty' Declaration of Independence

 (L-R) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, High Court President Esther Hayut

Should Israel's High Court strike down or uphold judicial reform law?

 MK Simcha Rothman at a special committee meeting on the "Deri Law", at the Knesset, the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem, on December 15, 2022.

Israel's High Court rejects Rothman appeal to disqualify top justice

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu gestures in the Knesset plenum on July 24, as the reasonableness bill was being passed.

Israel should split its judicial review of reasonableness - opinion

By DAVID MATAS
 Knesset speaker Amir Ohana holds a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem. September 6, 2023.

Knesset Speaker: High Court has no authority to strike down basic laws

 Al Pacino in ‘And Justice for All’

Legalese: What are the origins of legal jargon?

By RUTH BELOFF
 K SIMCHA ROTHMAN with Justice Minister Yariv Levin in the Knesset on Wednesday.

Right-wing Kohelet denies report it backtracked on Israel's judicial reform

 SUPREME COURT President Esther Hayut attends a conference in Haifa, in January. Would the Supreme Court nullify Knesset legislation as readily today as it did six months ago? It should be clear to all that it will not, says the writer.

High Court to discuss Netanyahu's Incapacitation Law after A-G attack

 AWEKE KOBE ZENA: Seizing the opportunity.

Labor court to hear anti-racism czar political discrimination firing

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu holds last Sunday’s cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, as Justice Minister Yariv Levin looks on.

Is Israel's new judicial reform law leverage for Netanyahu? - analysis

 A man stands near a structure that was demolished by Israeli authorities, at the Bedouin village of Khirbet al-Hamidiyeh, in the northern Jordan Valley, on June 17, 2023

Israeli court orders to evict 500 Bedouin from unrecognized village

 K SIMCHA ROTHMAN with Justice Minister Yariv Levin in the Knesset on Wednesday.

High Court hearing on Judicial Selection Committee set for September

 Judicial reform opponent Amit Becher casts his ballot for the head of the Israeli Bar Association, at a voting station in Tel Aviv on June 20, 2023.

Israel's Bar joins barrage of High Court petitions against new law

 SHELLEY GOLDMAN protests at Kaplan Street in Tel Aviv. Her sticker reads: ‘Loyal to the Declaration of Independence.’

Protesters a testament to Israeli resilience, strength