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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 649

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Israeli Justice Minister Yariv Levin attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, March 5, 2023. (Gil Cohen-Magen/Pool via AP)
September 14, 2023, 2:34 pm
Daily Briefing Sept 14: Yariv Levin’s mic drop before next week’s High Court showdown
Zman Yisrael editor Biranit Goren and senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur grapple with what the justice minister’s endgame is and the need for a constitution to teach us how to play it
By ToI Staff
Passengers at Ben Gurion International Airport, June 6, 2022. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
August 7, 2023, 1:06 pm
Daily Briefing Aug 7: Some anguished Israelis uproot; why constitution is no quick fix
Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman on security cabinet push to prop up PA, FM Eli Cohen’s promises to Saudi Arabia; writer Melanie Lidman on archaeology’s unrecognized heroes
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on July 9, 2023. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)
July 12, 2023, 4:40 am
PM reportedly raises possibility of delaying overhaul in event of security escalation
Netanyahu said to be determined to pass ‘reasonableness’ bill by end of the month but acknowledges the one thing that could prevent it would be security deterioration
By ToI Staff
Religious Zionism MK Simcha Rothman (R) chairs a hearing of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee on the "reasonableness" bill, preparing it for its final Knesset reading, amid widespread national protests, hours after it passed a first reading, July 11, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 11, 2023, 5:10 pm
Knesset panel chair says he’s unwilling to change essentials of ‘reasonableness’ bill
Hours after first vote, Rothman reconvenes panel on bill to nix judicial oversight tool; claims it will only apply to cabinet and ministers despite its mention of ‘other officials’
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Former Canadian justice minister and human rights advocate Irwin Cotler, seen in Jerusalem in early 2023. (Jeremy Sharon/Times of Israel)
March 31, 2023, 7:43 am
What Matters Now to top Canadian jurist Irwin Cotler: Drafting Israel’s constitution
As representatives of Knesset factions sit with President Herzog for negotiations over the judicial overhaul package, Canada’s former Justice Minister urges: Seize the momentum
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
File: Israel Police chief Kobi Shabtai speaks with IDF Chief of Staff, Herzi Halevi (left) at police headquarters in Jerusalem on January 27, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 13, 2023, 1:11 pm
Daily Briefing Mar. 13: IDF head’s corrected gaffe underscores conflicted military
Editor David Horovitz on botched dismissal of Tel Aviv’s top cop, whether now is the time for a constitution; military correspondent Emanuel Fabian on Thursday’s terror attack
By ToI Staff
Opposition leader Yair Lapid speaks at a rally against the judicial overhaul in Herzliya, on March 4, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
March 11, 2023, 9:39 am
Lapid proposes constitution for Israel to extract itself from ‘terrible crisis’
Opposition chief calls to codify start of Declaration of Independence, limit judicial activism but maintain strong court, examine how many Haredi men can stay in full-time study
By ToI Staff
MK Simcha Rotman, chair of the Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee, left, and committee legal adviser Gur Bligh, right, during a meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on January 30, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 30, 2023, 7:33 pm
Knesset law committee chair rejects his own legal adviser as ‘biased’
In stormy debate on controversial plans to overhaul judiciary, MK Simcha Rothman calls on Gur Bligh to retract opinion, sparking outcry from opposition lawmakers
By ToI Staff
Sheila Katz, CEO of National Council of Jewish Women, speaking at an interfaith rally in front of the Supreme Court on January 18, 2023. (Courtesy of NCJW)
January 22, 2023, 4:41 pm
50 years after Roe v. Wade, fight for choice turns into battle for religious freedom
After a 2022 decision to overturn the longstanding right to abortion, religious women’s groups unite in protesting laws reflecting a Christian-centric view on when life begins
By Cathryn J. Prince
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and Supreme Court Chief Justice Esther Hayut at a ceremony at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on June 17, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
January 17, 2023, 6:00 am
As coalition looks to radically rebalance power, a messy constitutional crisis looms
The government aims to hobble the High Court’s ability to review legislation. If judges try to strike down the law that institutes the change, there may be a high-stakes showdown
By Jeremy Sharon
Israelis protest against the Israeli government, at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, on January 7, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
January 11, 2023, 1:44 pm
Battle over High Court exposes frailty of Israel’s piecemeal system of government
The center-left’s fears are reasonable, the right’s arguments authentic; both sides should get past the current shrill debate and restructure a broken system of checks and balances
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks at a conference of the Israeli newspaper "Makor Rishon" at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, February 21, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 15, 2022, 12:24 pm
As Druze officer is hailed as a hero, lawmakers join call to ‘fix’ Nation-State Law
Liberman assails ‘contradictions’ in controversial legislation, despite supporting it in 2018; Blue and White party pledges to bring equality bill to committee hearing next week
By Tobias Siegal
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting with members of a working group created to discuss constitutional amendments in Moscow, Russia, February 26, 2020. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
March 2, 2020, 6:47 pm
Putin proposes enshrining God, heterosexual marriage in constitution
Move comes after Russian president submitted for parliamentary vote far-reaching reforms many say are aimed at tightening his grip on power
By AFP
‎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
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