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Law to Cancel the Reasonableness Standard

 FIRST PRIME MINISTER David Ben-Gurion reads Israel’s Declaration of Independence in Tel Aviv, on May 14, 1948

Does the Declaration of Independence allow court to strike basic laws?

 High Court of Justice President Esther Hayut and the other Supreme Court justices are seen at a hearing over petitions against the reasonableness standard law, in Jerusalem, on September 12, 2023.

Historic High Court hearing held on judicial reform law

 President of the Supreme Court of Israel Esther Hayut and all fifteen justices assemble to hear petitions against the reasonableness standard law in the High Court in Jerusalem, on Tuesday, September 12, 2023.

Vital High Court hearing: Reasonable with classic Israeli casualness

 Eliad Shraga, Lawyer and founder of the Movement for the Quality of Government at a court hearing on petitions against the government's "Reasonableness Bill", at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem. September 12, 2023.

Petitioners say reasonableness law attempt to 'ruin Israel's democracy'

 Attorney Aner Helman with Deputy Attorney General Gil Limon at a court hearing on petitions against the government's "Reasonableness Standard Bill", at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem. September 12, 2023.

A-G's office argues High Court can strike down basic law

 MK Simcha Rothman seen at the High Court hearing of the government's judicial reform reasonableness bill on September 12, 2023

Rothman: Justices are 'privileged elites,' overruling Israeli democracy

 An anti-Netanyahu message is displayed on the side of the UN Headquarters in Manhattan a week before his planned visit to New York City.

Anti-Netanyahu protest message screened on UN HQ in New York

 The High Court hearing of the government's judicial reform reasonableness bill on September 12, 2023

Israel faces constitutional crisis in historic court hearing

 National Unity Party leader MK Benny Gantz is seen addressing the Knesset plenum during a discussion regarding the reasonableness standard bill, in Jerusalem, on July 23, 2023.

Gantz: I will accept judicial reform compromise 'to save Israeli democracy'

 BRITISH PRIME MINISTER Rishi Sunak speaks in the House of Commons, last week. Should the current process continue in Israel, it will likely result in a system not too dissimilar from the one in the UK, the writer maintains.

Judicial reform isn't bad, it will make Israel more like the UK - opinion

By SAM BRUMMER
 HIGH COURT justices hear petitions against the Incapacitation Law.

Only three Israeli ministers say they'll respect any High Court ruling

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

'Don't overstep': Israel's government issues threat to High Court

 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
 ATTORNEY-GENERAL Gali Baharav Miara attends a conference of the Israeli chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), in Tel Aviv, earlier this year.

A-G to High Court: Strike down judicial reform reasonableness 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.

Rothman looks to ban Israel's top justice from judicial reform hearing