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(JNS) — The High Court of Justice is about to invalidate a Basic Law. The court has never struck down such laws before, which until recently had been considered immune to court interference. According to leaked drafts of the opinions of the 15 justices, the result is 8-to-7 in favor of nullifying the “reasonableness law.” […]

Israel will be able to defeat Hamas in its ongoing war. Its democratic form of government cannot survive the imperial power of its top court.

By striking down the government’s judicial overhaul, the Supreme Court rejected the notion that wartime unity necessitates tolerating Netanyahu’s erosion of democratic norms

APN's mission is to educate and persuade the American public and its leadership to support and adopt policies that will lead to comprehensive, durable, Israeli-Palestinian and Israeli-Arab peace, based on a two-state solution, guaranteeing both peoples security, and consistent with U.S. national interests.

The war forces the country to put High Court rulings in perspective.

Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

A lot has changed in Israel since Oct. 7, but a lot has also stayed the same. What has changed is exemplified in the actions of the Kalmanzon brothers, members of the religious community of …

Israel's public remains divided on the country's future, including on what its democracy should look like.

Israel’s assault on Gaza refutes forever all claims that democratic rights can be defended in Israel other than through a movement centred on opposition to the systematic and bloody dispossession and repression of the Palestinians, and rejecting any support for the Zionist state and all its political representatives.