Topic: High Court

August 2, 2016
6:48 pm

Col. Eyal Karim on April 21, 2016 (Diana Khananashvili/Defense Ministry)

Meretz urges High Court to nix appointment of new IDF chief rabbi

Left-wing party launches legal challenge against nomination of Col. Eyal Karim, who apparently condoned rape in wartime

By Times of Israel staff

June 10, 2016
1:59 am

Rami Sadan, 2012 (screen capture: YouTube)

Second Channel 10 official confirms new chairman insulted Shas

Comments have no place among us, says Yossi Warshavsky; High Court rejects petition to freeze appointment

By Sue Surkes

June 5, 2016
1:28 pm

Thousands of Israeli wave the national flag as they celebrate Jerusalem Day, dancing and marching their way through Damascus Gate to the Western Wall, in the Old City of Jerusalem, May 17, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Court rejects petition to keep marchers out of Muslim Quarter

Jerusalem Day revelers will be allowed to go through Arab area, but under strict time limits out of respect for Ramadan

By Judah Ari Gross

June 5, 2016
8:06 am

Israeli border police guard Jerusalem Day marchers as they walk through the Muslim Quarter of the Old City, June 1, 2011 (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Court to mull blocking annual march from Muslim Quarter

Mayor Barkat says controversial route ‘appropriate’; police boost presence in capital, vow ‘zero tolerance’ for violence

By Times of Israel staff

May 5, 2016
2:48 pm

Mourners carry the body of Palestinian Ahmed Shahaada, 36, during his funeral in Betunia, near the city of Ramallah, on May 4, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI)

East Jerusalem attackers’ bodies to be released for burial

State tells High Court it no longer opposes handing over bodies of Palestinians killed during assaults

By Times of Israel staff

April 5, 2016
3:30 pm

The Supreme Court in Jerusalem before the start of a discussion on the controversial agreement reached between the government and large energy companies over natural gas production, February 3, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Courting controversy with attacks on the court

The country’s top judges find themselves in the middle of a donnybrook after 2 instances call into question whether the justice system is above criticism

By Joshua Davidovich