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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 466

High Court of Justice

Justice Minister Yariv Levin (right) and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar (left) discuss their new proposals for an overhaul of the judicial appointments process and other aspects of Israel’s constitutional order. (Screenshot from video courtesy of Justice Minister Yariv Levin (right) and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar)
Jeremy Sharon
Analysis
Jeremy Sharon
Overhaul redux: Levin’s ‘compromise’ proposal would again radically constrain the judiciary
The coalition won’t be able to appoint judges by itself but judge selection would be highly politicized, Basic Laws would be immune from judicial review and other laws hard to block
Illustrative: A Haredi man looks at Israeli soldiers gathered at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, March 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 11, 2025, 10:29 pm
High Court orders state to clarify plans to draft Haredim, penalize dodgers
Instruction comes only days before Defense Minister Katz is slated to present his proposed enlistment plan to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee
By Sam Sokol
Justice Minister Yariv Levin (right) and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar (left) discuss their new proposals for an overhaul of the judicial appointments process and other aspects of Israel’s constitutional order. (Screenshot from video courtesy of Justice Minister Yariv Levin (right) and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar)
January 10, 2025, 5:10 pm
Overhaul redux: Levin’s ‘compromise’ proposal would again radically constrain the judiciary
The coalition won’t be able to appoint judges by itself but judge selection would be highly politicized, Basic Laws would be immune from judicial review and other laws hard to block
By Jeremy Sharon
Justice Minister Yariv Levin (right) poses with his predecessor Gideon Sa'ar during a meeting on January 1, 2023 (Michael Dimenstein/GPO)
January 9, 2025, 10:53 pm
Levin, Sa’ar unveil new judicial overhaul plan; wary opposition heads hold off response
Move would still remove High Court oversight of Basic Laws, restrict its review of other laws, increase political control over choosing judges; Bar Association slams ‘total politicization’
By Jeremy Sharon
Justice Minister Yariv Levin speaks at a Knesset session, December 4, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 8, 2025, 7:54 pm
Right-wing activists blast Supreme Court Justice Amit, at justice minister’s invitation
In unprecedented step, Yariv Levin allows critics of acting chief justice to address Judicial Selection Committee; MK Elharrar: He’s ‘abusing’ his position to humiliate court
By Jeremy Sharon
Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg arrives for a hearing on the enlistment of ultra-Orthodox men, January 8, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 8, 2025, 4:19 pm
State tells High Court all eligible Haredi men can be drafted into IDF from 2026
Defense Minister Katz reported to have tried to excise IDF’s position from state’s response, as coalition continued to work on legislation exempting most of community from service
By Sam Sokol
Defense Minister Israel Katz alongside soldiers in Gaza on December 25, 2024. (Shlomi Amsallem/Defense Ministry)
January 8, 2025, 3:02 am
Katz said trying to hide IDF comments that it can draft all eligible Haredim by 2026
Reports say defense minister ordered IDF assessment be removed from state’s response to High Court petitions, as coalition seeks to pass bill exempting ultra-Orthodox from army service
By ToI Staff and Sam Sokol
Demolished buildings in the Palestinian village of Khirbet Zanuta, December 4, 2023. (Courtesy Southern Mount Hebron Activists group)
January 7, 2025, 6:35 am
‘Nothing has been done’: High Court judges said to pan police over settler attacks
Residents of a southern West Bank village have accused security services of ignoring court’s order to facilitate their return to their homes, following repeated harassment
By Jeremy Sharon
Screenshot of a video showing the aftermath of a terror stabbing at a mall in Karmiel, July 3, 2024. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 5, 2025, 10:05 pm
High Court: State entitled to hold bodies of Israeli terror suspects for negotiations
Court has ‘exceedingly limited’ scope for intervention in security matters, justice writes; representatives of slain men say ruling allows state to violate citizens’ ‘basic rights’
By Jeremy Sharon
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir speaks to police officials ahead of a protest against the government's planned judicial overhaul, outside the Knesset, February 20, 2023. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
January 2, 2025, 5:16 pm
High Court annuls legislation that gave Ben Gvir strong influence over police probes
At the same time, judges unanimously uphold other aspects of law that increased minister’s powers over the force
By Jeremy Sharon
MK Simcha Rothman chairs a meeting of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, December 17, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
December 21, 2024, 12:07 pm
MK threatens that judges ‘playing hardball’ will lead to resumption of judicial overhaul
Simcha Rothman, a leader of push to expand government’s power by curbing legal system’s independence, also claims ‘consensus’ for firing AG and defends far-right riot at IDF base
By Sam Sokol
This undated photo taken in the 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)
December 19, 2024, 10:05 pm
High Court scraps with Ben Gvir as state ordered to answer prisoner starvation claim
After bench demands response to petition alleging inadequate nutrition for security inmates, right-wing ministers say judges shielding terrorists, drawing pushback from Judicial Authority
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir attends a Knesset session on the state budget, December 16, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90)
December 16, 2024, 11:25 pm
Otzma Yehudit votes against state budget, as coalition argues over bid to fire AG
Bills pass first readings despite coalition infighting; Ben Gvir feuds with fellow far-right leader Smotrich, who says, ‘It’s a shame to undermine the coalition over nonsense’
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, right, and Justice Minister Yariv Levin, left, at the Knesset in Jerusalem, July 10, 2023. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
December 15, 2024, 5:06 pm
Netanyahu allies look to marshal support for ousting AG and reviving judicial overhaul
Coalition largely backs controversial agenda, but postpones final decisions due to ultra-Orthodox parties’ demand to first push forward bill exempting Haredim from IDF enlistment
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Justice Minister Yariv Levin speaks at a Knesset session, December 4, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
December 15, 2024, 2:49 am
Levin threatens to revive divisive judicial overhaul: High Court ‘left us no choice’
Responding to deadline to tap Supreme Court chief, justice minister signals he’ll unfreeze bill giving coalition control over judge-selecting panel; Lapid pans ‘criminal blackmail’
By Sam Sokol
The High Court of Justice convenes to hear a petition asking the court to find Justice Minister Yariv Levin in contempt of court for failing to abide by a court ruling ordering him to appoint a new Supreme Court president, December 12, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg FLASH90)
December 12, 2024, 11:33 pm
Constitutional crisis flares as Levin given deadline to appoint new Supreme Court chief
High Court rules justice minister has not complied with previous ruling, gives him until Jan.16; Levin calls justices ‘dictators’ and appears set to revive his judicial overhaul
By Jeremy Sharon
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