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A playback of this week's webinar, 'Diaspora Jews & Israel’s judicial overhaul: Differing stances,' explores whether global Jewry should play a role in Israel's current crisis

Quoting Lincoln, attorney rejects petitioners' claim that law barring court or AG from ordering PM to step down was tailored to let Netanyahu violate conflict of interest deal

For nearly nine months, tens of thousands of Israelis have protested every week against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the judiciary, concerned that it risks severely curtailing the powers of the Supreme Court, the only body that provides a check on the executive and legislative branches of government.

Sagit Afik says legislation fills gap in law, argues that it does not affect PM's conflict of interest deal and therefore shouldn't be delayed or struck down

(JTA) — For almost nine months, Israelis have been fighting over the future of their Supreme Court. Today, that battle has moved into the Supreme

  (JNS) — A tense exchange took place between Israel’s High Court of Justice and member of Knesset Simcha Rothman during Tuesday’s hearing on the “reasonableness law” as the latter told the court it had no right to intervene in the law, and that the hearing itself reflected the court’s failures to respect the public […]

The opposition has rallied around Israel's Declaration of Independence amid Netanyahu's court overhaul, but supporters of his government are happy to undermine it

On the question of Unreasonableness, it appears that the dispute is not only between the Knesset and the Supreme Court, but also among the justices themselves. There are many possibilities, but only one ruling, which will be handed down no later than mid-January 2024.

Baharav-Miara says Basic Laws 'cannot be used as a private resource to remove personal problems from one’s path'

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