search
constitution
‎Supreme Court Chief Justice Esther Hayut (C) and other judges on the court, ahead of a hearing on March 14, 2019. (Hadas Parush/ Flash90)
May 28, 2019, 11:14 am
Israel is already in a constitutional crisis, leading law scholar warns
Suzie Navot is not against parliamentary immunity and wants the Knesset to be able to override the Supreme Court. But she’s also worried about a creeping erosion of democracy
By Raphael Ahren
Illustrative: Israeli Supreme Court justices at a hearing on March 13, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
May 17, 2019, 4:06 pm
It’s not the Supreme Court’s job to fix the Nation-State law
With no constititonal framework to establish how the branches of government work together, Basic Laws are of the people
By Or Bassok and Ruth Gavison
Humphrey Bogart, center, in a scene from the 1954 film 'The Caine Mutiny.' (Columbia Pictures/Getty Images, via JTA)
September 15, 2018, 2:42 am
How a Herman Wouk novel shaped the debate over removing an unfit president
The 25th Amendment to the US Constitution got a little inspiration from a passionate Jewish lawyer in ‘The Caine Mutiny’
By Ron Kampeas
Yedidia Z. Stern
July 23, 2018, 1:28 pm
Yedidia Z. Stern
Hmm, which is the country of the Jewish people?
Israel is now the only democratic nation-state in the world that doesn’t guarantee equality for all its citizens
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, seen with Education Minister Naftali Bennett at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on August 30, 2016. (Emil Salman/Pool)
November 16, 2016, 6:37 pm
Likud official: Netanyahu, not Bennett responsible for outpost bill
Member of ruling party says Jewish Home leader unfairly taking credit for initial Knesset approval of controversial settlement legislation
By Tamar Pileggi
A bronze statue of the Satanic icon Baphomet, currently residing in a shed outside The Satanic Temple in Salem, Massachusetts (Courtesy)
October 26, 2016, 4:36 pm
In haunted Salem, a Jewish church founder preaches the art of ‘Satanic’ social change
At a former funeral home in a town inextricably linked to witchcraft, secular Jew Malcolm Jarry opens a new heaquarters for his Satanic Temple, a controversial movement with up to 50,000 members worldwide
By Matt Lebovic
Khizr Khan, father of deceased Muslim US soldier Humayun S.M. Khan, delivers remarks on the fourth day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 28, 2016. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)
July 29, 2016, 5:38 am
Slain US Muslim soldier’s dad: Trump ‘sacrificed nothing’
At DNC, Khizr Khan, whose son died in a 2004 bombing, challenges Republican nominee: ‘Have you even read the Constitution?’
By AFP
Binali Yildirim, Turkey's prime minister and founding member of the governing AKP party. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
May 22, 2016, 1:39 pm
Erdogan ally set to be appointed Turkey’s new prime minister
Change comes as Turkish leader presses plan to create presidential system that will further consolidate his powers
By AP
Binali Yildirim, Turkey's prime minister and founding member of the governing AKP party. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
May 19, 2016, 8:37 pm
Turkish technocrat tapped as new prime minister
AKP co-founder to run unopposed after Davutoglu quit; expected to promote Erdogan’s bid for more power
By DOMINIQUE SOGUEL
Turkish lawmakers and ministers at Turkey's parliament in Ankara (photo credit: AP)
April 26, 2016, 4:03 pm
Turkey’s parliament speaker calls for Islamic constitution
Move adds to concerns over creeping Islamization, ‘eroding secular values’ under Erdogan government
By AFP
Likud MK Oren Hazan holds a press conference in the Knesset on October 12, 2015. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
March 11, 2016, 4:06 pm
67 years on, the State of Israel is ‘legally named’… the State of Israel
Likud MK Oren Hazan touts his new law as a ‘mini’ Jewish state bill, but legal experts say country’s name was never questioned and law is entirely superfluous
By Marissa Newman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office, Jerusalem, May 10, 2015. (photo credit: Marc Israel Sellem/Flash90, Pool)
May 10, 2015, 10:52 pm
Netanyahu’s bid to add ministers runs into obstacles
Yesh Atid files High Court petition; Knesset legal adviser says committee that can approve such amendments yet to be staffed
By Stuart Winer
Israeli flags stand next to the menorah, the symbol of the State of Israel, at the Knesset (photo credit: Nati Shohat/FLASH90)
December 1, 2014, 5:41 pm
An idiot’s guide to the nation-state controversy
A bird’s-eye view of the facts, arguments and motivations behind the proposed legislation that is roiling Israeli politics
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, November 05, 2014. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
November 24, 2014, 4:52 am
In the Jewish nation-state kerfuffle, much ado over very little substance
The controversial proposal to pass a law defining Israel’s Jewish status threatens to fell the third Netanyahu government — and for what?
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Interim Egyptian President Adly Mansour, center, interim Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi, fourth from left, and Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, second from right, pray on the first day of Eid al-Adha, or Feast of Sacrifice, in Cairo, Egypt, in October. (photo credit: AP/Egyptian Presidency)
November 30, 2013, 6:13 pm
Egypt panel begins vote on draft constitution
50-member committee deciding on constitutional amendments as part of transition plan following July coup
By MARIAM RIZK and Tony G. Gabriel
Load More
Join us!
A message from the Editor of Times of Israel
David Horovitz

For as little as $6 a month, you can help support our independent journalism — and enjoy an ADS-FREE experience, as well as special benefits and status as a Times of Israel Community member!

Read more

The Times of Israel covers one of the most complicated, and contentious, parts of the world. Determined to keep readers fully informed and enable them to form and flesh out their own opinions, The Times of Israel has gradually established itself as the leading source of independent and fair-minded journalism on Israel, the region and the Jewish world.

We've achieved this by investing ever-greater resources in our journalism while keeping all of the content on our site free.

Unlike many other news sites, we have not put up a paywall. But we would like to invite readers who can afford to do so, and for whom The Times of Israel has become important, to help support our journalism by joining The Times of Israel Community.

So join now - and for as little as $6 a month you can help support our quality journalism while enjoying The Times of Israel website ADS FREE on desktop and mobile, as well as special benefits and status as a Times of Israel Community member.

* The ADS-FREE experience will still show sponsored content. It will become available on the TOI smartphone app in the near future.

Join the times of israel community Join our community Already a member? Sign in to stop seeing this