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Justice minister extends emergency footing of courts until June 22
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJeremy Sharon is The Times of Israel’s legal affairs and settlements reporter
The entrance to the Central District Court in Lod. (CC BY-SA Yarin50/Wikipedia)
Justice Minister Yariv Levin extends the state of emergency for the court system until June 22.
Levin put Israel’s courts into emergency footing for two days on Saturday night, meaning all courts around the country deal only with urgent cases.
On emergency footing, courts can hold criminal detention and release hearings; urgent proceedings for civil cases; cases dealing with criminal offenses related to the emergency footing; and urgent appeals to the Supreme Court.
The labor courts are also able to hold hearings on some urgent matters.
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