Israeli Basic Laws News Today

Absolutely. i mean, were seeing the people that are pushing it from within the government. and just this morning, the ultra orthodox party has tried to suggest a basic law into the israeli basic laws that is saying that studying torah is just should be equated to military service, which is compulsory in israel, which means that they want to be exempt from military service. its just one example of where we where were heading as a country. and israel is a booming economy. its a start up nation. an...

This week in What Matters Now, The Times of Israel's senior analyst explains why PM Benjamin Netanyahu must see the judicial overhaul through - but there is still room for optimism

“This concentration of power is a cause of great concern,” wrote the CEO and chair of Jewish Federations of North America.

With the rise of juristocracy, the judicial ramification of constitutional provisions dealing with religion, from Sharia clauses in the constitutions of Muslim countries to “Jewish and democratic state” in Israeli Basic Laws, has been a serious source of contention. By analyzing constitutional courts’ jurisprudence in Egypt, Turkey, and Israel, from the late twentieth century onward, this work rejects the dominant, yet oversimplified, description of these courts as “secularizing and libe...