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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 644

High Court of Justice

Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg at a court hearing over government plans regarding ultra-Orthodox military service, February 26, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
After missed deadline, High Court threatens to issue injunction against new method to fire AG
By ToI Staff
Judge gives gov’t until 10 a.m. Sunday to file response to petition, after it failed to do so by noon Thursday and didn’t appoint alternate legal representation to attorney general
Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg at a court hearing over government plans regarding ultra-Orthodox military service, February 26, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 11, 2025, 2:40 am
After missed deadline, High Court threatens to issue injunction against new method to fire AG
Judge gives gov’t until 10 a.m. Sunday to file response to petition, after it failed to do so by noon Thursday and didn’t appoint alternate legal representation to attorney general
By ToI Staff
Left: Justice Minister Yariv Levin speaks during a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, January 11, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Right: Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara attends a conference at the University of Haifa, December 15, 2022. (Shir Torem/Flash90)
July 7, 2025, 6:51 pm
AG says government’s new method for firing her is ‘fundamentally illegal’
Baharav-Miara tells High Court any hearing on her dismissal by new ministerial committee would be a sham; Justice Minister Levin retorts: Israel ‘deserves impartial AG’
By Jeremy Sharon
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi at a committee meeting at the Knesset, June 24, 2025. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
July 7, 2025, 10:03 am
Karhi rejects High Court order to extend term of public broadcaster council member
Communications minister says ‘unlawful’ order ‘will not be honored,’ says he will fill Kan broadcaster’s vacant council seats; council cannot operate until empty spots filled
By Jeremy Sharon
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara attends a meeting of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, April 27, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 25, 2025, 12:39 pm
AG says Netanyahu cannot pick next Shin Bet chief due to ongoing probes of aides
Baharav-Miara tells High Court PM has conflict of interest, should give authority to another minister, indicates indictment looming for his adviser Urich in Qatargate scandal
By Michael Horovitz
Supreme Court President Isaac Amit hears petitions at the High Court of Justice against the firing of Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar in Jerusalem, April 8, 2025 (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
June 23, 2025, 6:09 pm
High Court postpones debate over AG’s ban on Netanyahu from hiring Shin Bet chief
Justice Minister Levin blasts Chief Justice Amit for pushing off hearing, accuses him and court of harming state security; opposition MK accuses minister of stoking division
By Jeremy Sharon
L to R: Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, February 13, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the District Court in Tel Aviv, before the start of his testimony in the trial against him, March 12, 2025. (Tomer Appelbaum/POOL); Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar at the National Police Academy in Beit Shemesh, on July 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 12, 2025, 5:43 pm
PM appoints Shin Bet deputy as acting chief, AG signs off on one-month tenure
Prime Minister’s Office says appointment of Maj. Gen. David Zini as permanent Shin Bet chief to be pushed through, despite AG declaring nomination ‘invalid and unlawful’
By Jeremy Sharon
Radical settler activist Neriya Ben Pazi pictured with his family at his illegal farming outpost HaMahoch in the West Bank. Another of Ben Pazi's farms, the Rimonim Farm, has received state funds through the Agriculture Ministry (Courtesy: Honenu legal aid organization)
May 27, 2025, 10:59 pm
High Court presses IDF, police to enable displaced Palestinian villagers to return home
Court declines to order the demolition of illegal West Bank outpost, which led villagers to flee, and which was established by a radical settler
By Jeremy Sharon
Yehuda Cohen, director general of the Chief Rabbinate. (Chief Rabbinate)
May 27, 2025, 8:54 pm
PM taps Chief Rabbinate director general as acting Civil Service commissioner
Netanyahu asks attorney general for legal opinion on appointment within 24 hours, amid ongoing battle with judiciary over filling of position
By ToI Staff
A billboard showing Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, 'The judicial seamstress to the government! in Tel Aviv on December 6, 2024 (Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 27, 2025, 1:53 pm
Daily Briefing May 27: Day 599 – Netanyahu, AG and High Court edge closer to crisis
Legal correspondent Jeremy Sharon discusses latest in the Shin Bet chief saga; health editor Diana Bletter reviews what hospitals have learned from treating released hostages
By Jessica Steinberg, Jeremy Sharon and Diana Bletter
President Isaac Herzog speaks at an event at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, May 25, 2025. (Haim Zach/GPO)
May 25, 2025, 10:37 pm
In message to Netanyahu, Herzog warns against disobeying High Court rulings
‘Rule of law isn’t a recommendation,’ says president, after PM picks new Shin Bet chief despite court ruling he was wrong to fire predecessor
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Emergency personnel work at the site where two Israeli Embassy staff members were shot dead near the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, May 21, 2025. (REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)
May 22, 2025, 3:22 pm
Daily Briefing May 22: Day 594 – Shock after 2 Israel embassy staffers killed in DC
Political correspondent Tal Schneider on Jewish museum shooting, PM’s first press conference in months; legal reporter Jeremy Sharon reviews High Court ruling on firing of Shin Bet head
By Jessica Steinberg, Tal Schneider and Jeremy Sharon
Members of the press wait for a Red Cross convoy after Hamas's release of American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander, on Salah al-Din Street, east of Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, May 12, 2025. (Ali Hassan/Flash90)
May 19, 2025, 12:07 am
High Court delays Gaza press access hearing for sixth time amid escalating offensive
Government has been granted repeated extensions to answer Foreign Press Association petition demanding journalists be allowed to undertake independent reporting inside Strip
By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at court in Tel Aviv on May 12, 2025. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 14, 2025, 6:52 pm
PM appoints Foreign Ministry director general as temporary Civil Service commissioner
Announcing Eden Bar Tal’s appointment, Netanyahu’s office accuses the High Court of ‘acting like the legislature’ due to its ruling that the selection process must be competitive
By Jeremy Sharon
Acting Supreme Court President Justice Isaac Amit at a hearing for a petition filed by families of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, October 28, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 13, 2025, 3:20 am
In blow to government, court strikes down appointments process for civil service head
High Court rules that uncompetitive process for appointing Civil Service commissioner removes guardrails needed to ensure position remains independent, impartial, and apolitical
By Jeremy Sharon
Nine-justice panel at the High Court of Justice hearing petitions demanding the immediate conscription of ultra-Orthodox young men to the Israel Defense Forces, June 2, 2024 (Screen grab)
May 12, 2025, 2:26 pm
Government backs bill to remove High Court chief’s power to assign cases to justices
Continuation of efforts to restrain the judiciary on the part of the coalition ‘significantly affects the democratic nature’ of Israel, says AG’s office
By Sam Sokol and Jeremy Sharon
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