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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 622

Elyakim Rubinstein

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara attends the swearing-in ceremony of Justice Isaac Amit as president of the Supreme Court, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, February 13, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 23, 2025, 12:44 pm
Government seeking to operate ‘above the law,’ AG charges ahead of no-confidence vote
Baharav-Miara says motion aims to promote loyalty to politicians; retired Supreme Court justices warn her dismissal ‘would seriously endanger Israel’s status as a nation of laws’
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Portrait of former Supreme Court Deputy President Justice Elyakim Rubinstein at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, September 14, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
May 22, 2024, 7:16 pm
Request for arrest warrants from ICC is ‘blood libel,’ says ex-Supreme Court justice
Elyakim Rubinstein also denounces ICC prosecutor for juxtaposing Israeli prime minister, defense minister with Hamas chiefs, says charge Israel is committing genocide ‘is libelous’
By Jeremy Sharon
Supreme Court justices arrive for a hearing over the legality of Shas leader Aryeh Deri's appointment as a minister, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on January 5, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 12, 2023, 11:41 am
Ex-AGs and state attorneys issue unprecedented warning reforms may destroy judiciary
Legal advisers and top prosecutors since 1975 assail planned overhaul; current AG Baharav-Miara says PM spreading false claim she sought to fabricate probes into coalition members
By ToI Staff
Incoming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) with incoming Justice Minister Yariv Levin in the Knesset on December 13, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 12, 2023, 6:40 am
Here comes the new regime in Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu’s ‘democratic dictatorship’
The prime minister has unleashed his justice minister to neutralize the High Court, the only effective brake on government excess, and secure him unbridled power
By David Horovitz
Former Supreme Court judge Elyakim Rubinstein at his home in Jerusalem, February 6, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 11, 2023, 6:21 am
Ex-justice Rubinstein warns government plans will create ‘democratic dictatorship’
Former Supreme Court deputy president tells Times of Israel radical legal shakeup would leave Israel with just one branch of government – and potentially a ‘democracy in name’ only
By Jeremy Sharon
Former Supreme Court president Aharon Barak in Jerusalem, December 8, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 6, 2023, 5:15 pm
Ex-chief justice Barak: Government’s judicial reform plan ‘will strangle democracy’
Other ex-justices, legal figures warn Levin’s proposals a foundational threat to Israel; says one: ‘Nothing in the literature to enable such a country to be considered a democracy’
By ToI Staff
Supreme Court justices arrive for a hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, October 6, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 28, 2022, 2:43 pm
78 retired judges warn against incoming government’s judicial reforms
Justices urge public and Knesset to stand against planned moves they say could endanger democracy, turn Israel into pariah
By ToI Staff
Portrait of former Supreme Court Deputy President Justice Elyakim Rubinstein at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, September 14, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
September 28, 2022, 9:28 pm
Former justice Rubinstein selected to lead vetting panel for new IDF chief
Retired Supreme Court judge appointed temporary chair of senior appointments committee for sole purpose of reviewing Herzi Halevi’s candidacy for chief of staff
By Jeremy Sharon
Former vice president of the Supreme Court of Israel Elyakim Rubinstein attends a ceremony in Jerusalem on October 26, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 23, 2022, 3:01 pm
Ex-justice to temporarily lead vetting panel, clearing way to approve new IDF chief
Elyakim Rubinstein agrees to helm Senior Appointments Advisory Committee on ad-hoc basis, day after top court struck down selection of permanent appointee with elections nearing
By ToI Staff
Yuval Diskin address online protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on March 21, 2020. (Screen capture/Facebook)
March 22, 2020, 12:42 am
Nearly 600,000 watch virtual protest against PM, Likud’s shuttering of Knesset
Former Shin Bet, Mossad heads and ex-Supreme Court deputy chief address Facebook event, urge Gantz to refrain from joining coalition led by Netanyahu over his indictments
By Jacob Magid
File: Rabbi Avraham Elimelech Firer, chairman and founder of the Ezra Lemarpe medical support organization, attends an event in Tel Aviv on November 10, 2010. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
November 7, 2019, 12:22 am
Haredi medical charity raises NIS 1m. after concert nixed over female singer ban
Public uproar led to cancellation of fundraising concert for medical support group Ezra Lemarpe, so thousands of Israelis took to crowdfunding site Charidy to show support
By ToI Staff
Israeli singer Shlomo Artzi performs at Park Hayarkon in Tel Aviv on July 2, 2015. (Moshe Shai/ Flash90)
November 4, 2019, 11:59 pm
Charity concert cancelled following uproar over exclusion of female singers
Orthodox rabbi whose life’s work is healing seriously ill patients for free says he is ‘proud of my way of life,’ nixes Shlomo Artzi tribute show after some artists canceled
By ToI Staff
Shlomo Artzi, left, and Israeli President Reuven Rivlin sing together, April 13, 2015. (Courtesy of the Spokesperson of the President of Israel via JTA)
November 1, 2019, 8:47 pm
Women singers not welcome at charity concert promoting unity among Israelis
Artists withdraw from Shlomo Artzi tribute show to honor Orthodox rabbi whose life’s work is healing seriously ill patients for free
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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
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