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Elyakim Rubinstein
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of the Likud party, walks through the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem on April 8, 2019, a day ahead of Israel's parliamentary elections. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
May 26, 2019, 12:51 pm
Ex-justice, AG: If Netanyahu is above the law, Israel is not a civilized country
Elyakim Rubinstein warns against anti-court laws, advanced to keep the PM from going on trial, destroying the ‘checks and balances’ that protect minorities and the weak
By David Horovitz
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, speaks with then-cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit, right, during a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on December 20, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 3, 2019, 11:34 pm
PM: Mandelblit facing ‘thuggish, inhumane’ pressure to announce indictment
As Netanyahu accuses ‘left, media’ of seeking to ‘steal’ the April election, AG warns of attempt ‘to undermine the public’s trust’ in the justice system
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and then-cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit, at a cabinet meeting on January 4, 2015. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90/File)
January 1, 2019, 10:31 pm
TV: AG believes it his ‘duty to the public’ to rule on PM probes before election
Avichai Mandelblit has reportedly ruled out closing cases against Netanyahu, has conferred with former top legal officials who all agreed with his position on timing of decision
By TOI staff
Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked speaks at a press conference in Tel Aviv, on September 5, 2018. (Flash90)
September 6, 2018, 9:42 pm
Justice minister exults: High Court no longer a branch of left-wing Meretz party
Shaked touts success in appointing more conservative judges; former top justice says her recent comments against court’s right to debate nation-state law delegitimize judiciary
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
Former Supreme Court justice Elyakim Rubinstein in 2012. (Uri Lenz/Flash90)
March 19, 2018, 1:18 pm
Former justice knocks MK for ‘incitement’ against Supreme Court
Ex-court vice president Elyakim Rubinstein calls Moti Yogev’s insinuation that judiciary facilitates IDF soldiers’ deaths a ‘disgrace’
By TOI staff
African migrants march from Holot detention center to the Saharonim Prison, on February 22, 2018. (AFP / MENAHEM KAHANA)
February 23, 2018, 12:57 am
Former justice slams government treatment of African migrants
Elyakim Rubinstein ‘struggles to understand’ how only 12 asylum requests approved; hundreds of migrants go on hunger strike over deportation plan
By Michael Bachner and AFP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leaves the Muni World conference in Tel Aviv on February 14, 2018. (AFP Photo/Jack Guez)
February 21, 2018, 2:46 pm
Why the choice between Netanyahu and the rule of law is no choice at all
Is Israel going to drum out a skilled PM for a few piffling infractions? Well, it might, but they may not be piffling, and the framers of our laws ensured it won’t be done lightly
By David Horovitz
Retired Supreme Court justice Elyakim Rubinstein, near his office in the Supreme Court building (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
February 5, 2018, 6:45 am
Israel can trust Mandelblit, says last AG to tackle alleged graft by Netanyahu
‘Of course there is more caution’ when a PM is being investigated, says Elyakim Rubinstein. But the bottom line: It’s all about the evidence
By David Horovitz
Former Supreme Court justice Elyakim Rubinstein in 2012. (Uri Lenz/Flash90)
July 3, 2017, 10:32 pm
Mediator in Hadassah cancer ward crisis admits defeat
Retired justice Elyakim Rubinstein tells High Court talks at an impasse; court may impose solution
By Sue Surkes
Parents and young cancer patients from Hadassah Hospital, Ein Kerem, march in protest against Health Minister Yaakov Litzman and hospital CEO Zeev Rotstein in Jerusalem, June 7, 2017. ( Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 3, 2017, 6:04 pm
Parents say health minister rebuffed proposals to end cancer ward crisis
As High Court-ordered mediation talks go into overtime, Hadassah parents say health minister’s ego ‘will kill our children’
By Sue Surkes
Retired Justice Elyakim Rubinstein (R) speaks with Justice Salim Joubran at the Supreme Court during a meeting of the Israeli Judicial Selection Committee at the Ministry of Justice in Jerusalem on February 22, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash 90)
June 12, 2017, 8:24 pm
Arab judge appointed vice president of Supreme Court
Justice Salim Joubran replaces retiring Elyakim Rubenstein; will serve in position until his own retirement in August
By TOI staff
Illustrative photo of Israelis sitting at a Tel Aviv cafe. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
May 10, 2017, 8:40 pm
Court orders end to direct employment of kosher inspectors by eateries
Chief Rabbinate told to prepare a new certification system by next year and have it up and running by September 2018
By TOI staff
Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked seen with Supreme Court president Miriam Naor, Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon and members of the Israeli Judicial Selection Committee at a meeting of the Israeli Judicial Selection Committee at the Ministry of Justice in Jerusalem on February 22, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash 90)
February 23, 2017, 3:48 pm
Shaked has her day in court
The announcement that 3 conservative judges will assume a role in Israel’s most important, and traditionally liberal, judicial institution leads some to celebrate and others to wallow in fear
By Adiv Sterman
Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked attends a meeting of the Israeli Judicial Selection Committee at the Ministry of Justice in Jerusalem on February 22, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash 90)
February 23, 2017, 1:25 pm
Minister: New judges will restore right-wing trust in High Court
Shaked indicates she managed to sway panel to select conservative, non-activist candidates; Naor hails picks despite failing to get own choices on bench
By Marissa Newman and Raoul Wootliff
Miriam Naor, left, Ayelet Shaked, center, and Moshe Kahlon discussing Supreme Court candidates on February 22, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash 90)
February 23, 2017, 12:01 am
4 new Supreme Court judges tapped, as right starts to shift bench
‘Finally, a humane, judicious selection,’ says Justice Minister Shaked, hailing incoming justices, 3 of whom are considered conservative or non-activist
By Raoul Wootliff
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