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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 342

High Court of Justice

Justice Minister Yariv Levin in the Knesset, July 24, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 9, 2024, 7:55 pm
Levin mulls legislation to change majority for appointing Supreme Court president
Seeking path to circument court’s order that he get on with process of choosing its president, justice minister also weighing reviving law to change Judicial Selection Committee
By Jeremy Sharon
Activists protest against the government's planned judicial overhaul, outside the ultraconservative Har Hamor Yeshiva in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Homa, July 5, 2023. The sign, featuring leading members of the government, states 'You are the messianics of the destruction.' (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 8, 2024, 9:30 pm
Ministers urge revival of judicial overhaul after High Court rules against Levin
Smotrich claims court waging war against democracy; Ben Gvir says decision constitutes conflict of interest; opposition decries threat to rule of law, warns of ‘Jewish wars’
By Sam Sokol
Justice Minister Yariv Levin (right) attends a swearing-in ceremony for newly appointed judges along with Supreme Court Acting President Uzi Vogelman, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on June 23, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 8, 2024, 7:32 pm
High Court orders Levin to appoint new court president; he calls its ruling undemocratic
Liberal justice Isaac Amit now likely to become president of Israel’s top court; justice minister vows to boycott incoming president; ministers threaten to revive judicial overhaul
By Jeremy Sharon and Sam Sokol
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara attends a farewell ceremony in honor of outgoing Police Chief Kobi Shabtai, at the National Police Academy in Beit Shemesh, on July 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 6, 2024, 6:58 pm
AG to court: Move allowing Netanyahu to select civil service commissioner is illegal
Baharav-Miara says last month’s decision lets government pick candidate without ‘minimum professional threshold conditions of experience, skills or suitability’
By ToI Staff
Then-attorney general Avichai Mandelblit, right, with Israel Bar Association then-chairman Efi Naveh during an event in Tel Aviv on November 9, 2017. (Flash90)
September 5, 2024, 7:16 pm
New recordings reveal Mandelblit heavily lobbied bar association chief to get AG job
Leaked phone calls from 2015 show close and constant coordination between Mandelblit and Efi Nave to influence selection committee, High Court
By ToI Staff
This undated photo taken in winter 2023 and provided by Breaking the Silence, a whistleblower group of former Israeli soldiers, shows blindfolded Palestinians captured in the Gaza Strip in a detention facility on the Sde Teiman military base in southern Israel. (Breaking The Silence via AP)
August 27, 2024, 6:26 pm
High Court orders gov’t to justify ban on Red Cross visits for Palestinian prisoners
Government banned Red Cross visits for Palestinian prisoners after October 7 atrocities. Court sets hearing for September, tells state to explain why order is not illegal
By Jeremy Sharon
Justice Minister Yariv Levin (right) attends a swearing-in ceremony for newly appointed judges along with Supreme Court Acting President Uzi Vogelman, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on June 23, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 27, 2024, 2:12 pm
High Court tells Levin to quickly start process for appointing new court president
Top court says there is ‘no escape’ from filling the position after justice minister was given enough time to seek ‘broad consensus’ on the appointment, but failed
By Jeremy Sharon
Justice Minister Yariv Levin attends a swearing-in ceremony for newly appointed judges at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on June 23, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 26, 2024, 9:52 pm
Supreme Court head rejects Levin plan to make conservative judge chief justice for a year
Acting Court President Vogelman slams justice minister’s proposal, accuses him of ‘harming the proper functioning of the justice system’ during a time of crisis
By ToI Staff
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara arrives at a Jerusalem Day conference at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem, June 5, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 14, 2024, 1:44 pm
AG to High Court: ‘Clear public interest’ in wrapping up Netanyahu trial quickly
Gali Baharav-Miara makes remark as she asks court to dismiss petition demanding she rethink Netanyahu’s conflict of interest agreement in light of his handling of the war in Gaza
By ToI Staff
Justice Minister Yariv Levin (right) attends a swearing-in ceremony for newly appointed judges along with Supreme Court Acting President Uzi Vogelman, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on June 23, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 11, 2024, 7:29 pm
With negotiations over new High Court president stuck, Levin gets 2-week extension
Justice minister seeking to either get a conservative Supreme Court chief justice by overriding seniority system, or parachute a judicial overhaul architect into the top court
By Jeremy Sharon
Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs at a hearing on military service for ultra-Orthodox men, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, June 2, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 8, 2024, 1:11 am
AG’s office accuses cabinet secretary of issuing unauthorized government legal briefs
Deputy attorney general says Yossi Fuchs intervened in IDF’s enlistment of Haredi students; PM’s office hits back at AG for saying important cabinet decisions are adopted unlawfully
By Jeremy Sharon
Supreme Court justice Uzi Vogelman at the court in Jerusalem for a petition asking the state to close the detention facility at the Sde Teiman military base, June 5, 2024 (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 2, 2024, 4:44 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 2: Day 301 – Courts want to quickly handle Sde Teiman abuse case
Legal reporter Jeremy Sharon details intricacies of military court case as Arab affairs reporter Gianluca Pacchiani discusses dissent against Hezbollah in Lebanon
By ToI Staff
Demolished buildings in the Palestinian village of Khirbet Zanuta, December 4, 2023. (Courtesy Southern Mount Hebron Activists group)
August 1, 2024, 6:59 pm
Court: Israel must enable return of displaced Palestinians to West Bank villages
Villagers fled homes amid settler violence in October; High Court justices upbraid police for investigative failures, insist they are obligated to protect Palestinian civilians
By Jeremy Sharon
This undated photo taken in winter 2023 and provided by Breaking the Silence, a whistleblower group of former Israeli soldiers, shows blindfolded Palestinians captured in the Gaza Strip in a detention facility on the Sde Teiman military base in southern Israel. (Breaking The Silence via AP)
July 31, 2024, 10:48 pm
Torture, abuse, unfit conditions: The allegations over Sde Teiman and its guards
Military prosecutors are investigating multiple allegations made by whistleblowers and former detainees of mistreatment of inmates at southern facility amid Gaza war
By Jeremy Sharon
Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip sit waiting on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing. (Giuseppe Cacace/AFP)
July 22, 2024, 3:57 am
IDF: UN and aid groups ‘failing to utilize’ Israeli aid provision measures in Gaza
COGAT tells High Court 35% of aid trucks brought into Strip last month were not distributed by aid organizations, denies there’s a humanitarian crisis in north of enclave
By Jeremy Sharon
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