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 Israelis are seen demonstrating near the Supreme Court in Jerusalem ahead of a vote in the Knesset on judicial reform, on February 20, 2023.

Israel's judicial reform is happening without Netanyahu lifting a finger

 Former US President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign stop to unveil his leadership team, at the South Carolina State House in Columbia, South Carolina, US, January 28, 2023.

Trump asks US Supreme Court to intervene as he presses immunity bid

By REUTERS
 Demonstrators gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court ahead of arguments in former U.S. President Donald Trump's appeal of a lower court's ruling disqualifying him from the Colorado presidential primary ballot, in Washington, U.S., February 8, 2024.

US Supreme Court begins arguments over Trump ballot disqualification

By REUTERS
 The gate at Holman Correctional Facility is monitored by law enforcement before the scheduled execution by asphyxiation using pure nitrogen of Kenneth Smith who is convicted for a murder-for-hire committed in 1988, in Atmore, Alabama, U.S. January 25, 2024.

Alabama completes first execution using nitrogen gas asphyxiation

By REUTERS
 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.

Israeli public ready for relaxation of conversion laws

 ELYAKIM RUBINSTEIN: Pretty much seen it all in his 50 years of public service.

'South Africa is a Hamas proxy,' Israeli expert says on ICJ genocide case

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

Petition to Levin: Supreme Court judges violating conflict of interest

By Avraham Bloch
 A FULL PANEL of 15 justices sits for a High Court hearing on the legislation regarding the reasonableness standard, in September.

Israel requires a thin constitution - opinion

By YEDIDIA STERN , RAZ NIZRI
 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu confers with then-Supreme Court president Aharon Barak at the latter’s office in the Supreme Court Building in Jerusalem, in 1997.

Grapevine, January 10, 2024: Days of judgement

 JUSTICE MINISTER Yariv Levin speaks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset plenum last month. In its decision, the High Court essentially dissolves the Knesset, irrespective of the individuals occupying its seats, the writer argues.

Israel is at a dangerous political junction

By OMER DOSTRI
 FORMER SUPREME Court president Aharon Barak attends a meeting of the Knesset Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee, in 2017.

Netanyahu picks Aharon Barak for ICJ: A wise, but unexpected, move

 FORMER SUPREME Court president Aharon Barak attends a meeting of the Knesset Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee, in 2017.

Israel picks retired chief justice to join ICJ Gaza genocide tribunal

HE JUXTAPOSITION of the announcement of the death of yet another soldier with the decision on the reasonableness clause put things in painful perspective.

Lessons learned from October 7:  Nation understands what’s essential now

 ESTHER HAYUT, president of the Supreme Court at the time, and Justice Minister Yariv Levin attend the opening of the Magistrate's Court in Safed in September

A lot of history in the making in Israel - opinion

By LEON HARRIS
 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a government conference at Hakirya base in Tel Aviv on December 31, 2023

Israel election poll: Netanyahu rises after High Court verdicts, al-Arouri killing