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01.01.2024 - 17:07 [ Times of Israel ]

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.

14.12.2023 - 16:56 [ Times of Israel ]

War against Hamas to take ‘more than several months,’ Gallant tells Sullivan

Gallant and Sullivan discuss operational developments in Gaza, as well as tensions in the north with Hezbollah and regional threats posed by Iran’s actions and its backing of proxies in Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq, and Syria.

Gallant further expresses his gratitude for US support for Israel in the war and efforts by the Biden administration to secure the release of hostages taken by terrorists on October 7.

10.09.2023 - 15:42 [ Times of Israel ]

Judiciary vs executive: Israel’s branches of government set for unprecedented clash

Although the High Court has heard petitions against Basic Laws before, it has never heard a case against a law specifically designed to limit the High Court’s own powers, and the powers of the judiciary more broadly, nor has it done so amid such internal political turmoil over the balance of power between the branches of government.

Because of the extremely sensitive nature of the case and the highly explosive impact the court’s ruling may have, the entire bench of 15 High Court justices will hear the petitions, a judicial panel unprecedented in size in Israel’s history.

10.09.2023 - 15:20 [ Times of Israel ]

Gallant and two other ministers say government must respect High Court rulings

That sentiment was echoed by Intelligence Minister Gila Gamliel, also of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party: “Of course.”

Interior and Health Minister Moshe Arbel of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party took a similar tone. “Yes, unequivocally,” he responded when asked if High Court rulings need to be followed.

09.09.2023 - 18:22 [ Times of Israel ]

Masses expected at 36th week of anti-overhaul protests ahead of key court showdown

An unprecedented full 15-justice panel of the High Court is slated to hear the petitions against the law on September 12. A variety of government ministers and other figures have warned of the potential for chaos if the court strikes down the law passed by the Knesset to curb the court’s authority, setting up a potential constitutional crisis.

Demonstrations are to be held at dozens of locations across the country. The Tel Aviv protest begins with a march from Habima Square to the central rally at Kaplan Street at 8 p.m.

19.08.2023 - 20:43 [ Times of Israel ]

‘Dystopic reality’: Protesters block roads as 33rd weekend of rallies gets underway

Demonstrators briefly block Ayalon northbound traffic; marchers from Tel Aviv suburb block intersection on their way to main rally

05.08.2023 - 19:55 [ Times of Israel ]

‘Our hope is not yet lost’: Mass protests against judicial overhaul enter 31st week

“Israel is in the middle of complete shambles where there is a public debate in which senior ministers say they will not obey the court’s rulings,” the protest leaders said.

“In the face of destruction and devastation, we will show up in the hundreds of thousands this 31st week to stop the disintegration of the country. Our hope is not yet lost,” the statement concluded, quoting the national anthem.

24.07.2023 - 11:58 [ Washington Post ]

In photos: The battle at the Knesset

As Israeli lawmakers prepare to vote on the judicial overhaul plans backed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, demonstrators are blocking the entrance to parliament, and security forces are using water cannons to disperse them

24.07.2023 - 11:49 [ Washington Post ]

Protesters face off with police at the Israeli parliament

Protesters chained themselves to fences, linked arms and lay down in roads to block access to the Knesset, Israel’s parliament in central Jerusalem.

Police dragged prone demonstrators from the pavement and deployed water cannons to clear routes to the compound.

24.07.2023 - 10:54 [ Times of Israel ]

Protester hurt outside Knesset after being struck in head by police water cannon

A protester near the Knesset is injured after being struck in the head by a police water cannon.

There is no immediate word on the demonstrator’s condition as an ambulance is called to the scene.

24.07.2023 - 10:42 [ Tmes of Israel ]

Police deploy water cannon against anti-overhaul protesters blocking access to Knesset

Police deploy water cannons in Jerusalem to clear protesters blocking roads leading to the Knesset, where lawmakers are deliberating the coalition’s contentious “reasonableness” bill ahead of the final votes.