(31.12.2023)
Daily Archives: 1. Januar 2024
Important – Mia Shem’s full interview to @channel13il. Worth every minute of your day, listen to her story.
1/After Bibi formed his 6th govt last year, justice minister Levin & coalition partners Ben-Gvir (convicted of support for a terror org) & Smotrich (called for Israel to wipe out a Palestinian town), advanced a series of bills intended to dismantle Israel‘s independent judiciary.
2/Each member of Bibi‘s govt has his own reasons to see the court‘s power diminished. The court will likely end up presiding over Bibi‘s corruption trial, as Bibi plans to appeal any conviction in a lower court, and wants to pack the bench with loyalists as an insurance policy.
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Israel: Oberstes Gericht kippt Kernelement von Justizreform
Die von der Regierung seit ihrer Vereidigung vor einem Jahr massiv vorangetriebene Justizreform hatte die israelische Gesellschaft tief gespalten. Über Monate gingen immer wieder Hunderttausende von Menschen auf die Straße, um dagegen zu protestieren – sie sahen im Vorgehen der Regierung eine Gefahr für Israels Demokratie.
Netanyahus Regierung argumentierte dagegen, das Gericht sei in Israel zu mächtig, man wolle lediglich ein Gleichgewicht wiederherstellen.
Israel: High Court strikes down law repealing the ‚reasonableness standard,‘ a key plank of the govt‘s judicial reform
The reasonableness law, an amendment to Basic Law: The Judiciary, prohibits courts, including the High Court, from reviewing government and ministerial decisions using the „reasonableness“ standard. This standard permits the court to annul decisions based on substantive issues with the considerations behind them.
It was passed last year amid furious protests that saw hundreds of thousands Israelis take to rallies in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and elsewhere across Israel.
Israeli Supreme Court strikes down Bibi‘s controversial judicial overhaul law
– Twelve out of 15 Supreme Court judges ruled that the court has the authority to conduct judicial oversight on basic laws and intervene in extreme cases when the Knesset oversteps its legislative authority.
– The law was the first piece of legislation of Netanyahu‘s judicial overhaul — a plan that destabilized Israel‘s economy, military and foreign relations.
The Supreme Court struck down the law in an 8-7 vote.
In historic 1st, High Court strikes down Basic Law amendment, voiding reasonableness law
Twelve of the 15 justices agree the court does have the authority to strike down Basic Laws.
Strap in, everybody: Israel‘s Supreme Court announces it will issue its ruling on Netanyahu‘s cancellation of the Reasonableness Law at 18:45, in less than an hour.
(38 min ago)
High Court to strike down reasonableness law in ruling tonight, reports say
Hebrew media outlets report that the High Court of Justice will publish its ruling on the government’s “reasonableness law” this evening and that it will strike down the controversial legislation, which is an amendment to Basic Law: The Judiciary.
This would be the first time the court strikes down any aspect of one of Israel’s Basic Laws, which have quasi-constitutional status.
Shas set to push law allowing High Court to delay reasonableness ruling
Lawmakers from the Shas coalition party are reportedly seeking to advance a bill that would temporarily extend the time in which High Court justices can publish rulings on petitions, allowing the bench to postpone a decision that is widely expected to strike down a piece of the government’s judicial overhaul.
In an unprecedented leak, a draft ruling published last week previewed the court’s intention to strike down, by an 8-7 vote, a law limiting the court’s ability to reverse government and ministerial decisions based on the doctrine of reasonableness.
New York City LIVE Times Square New Years Eve 2024
New York City LIVE Times Square New Years Eve 2024
LIVE: Revelers ring in new year in Berlin
Berlin welcomes New Year with fireworks at Brandenburg Gate landmark