High Court of Justice

Police spray water to try and disperse a protest by ultra-Orthodox Jews against the conscription of members of their community to the IDF at the entrance to Jerusalem on October 23, 2017. (AFP Photo/Ahmad Gharabli)

August 12, 2018, 10:52 pm

Ultra-Orthodox sue to stop police use of ‘skunk spray’ anti-riot method

Plaintiffs tell High Court of Justice that foul-smelling liquid used to deter protesters is a form of collective punishment

By JTA

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem on August 12, 2018. (AFP Photo/Pool/Jim Hollander)

August 12, 2018, 5:34 pm

Netanyahu threatens elections if ultra-Orthodox won’t compromise on draft bill

PM indicates he's fed up with impasse over recruitment of yeshiva students; gives Haredim 3 weeks to figure it out

By TOI staff

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak attends a conference marking the 50th anniversary of the Six-Day War, at the Ben Zvi Institute in Jerusalem on June 5, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

August 9, 2018, 3:58 pm

Ehud Barak slams justice minister as ‘proto-fascist’ for threat to Supreme Court

Former prime minister insists justices must overrule nation-state law, says Netanyahu has 'no morals' and has 'skewed Zionism'

By TOI staff

Ultra orthodox Jewish men protest against the army draft, at the entrance to Jerusalem on March 8, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

August 7, 2018, 10:17 pm

Court grants coalition just 3-month delay to pass law on ultra-Orthodox draft

State sought 7-month deferment of deadline for legislation to regulate recruitment of yeshiva students; if new law doesn't pass, election countdown will begin

By TOI staff

Zionist Union MK Tzipi Livni during a faction meeting in the Knesset on July 16, 2018. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

August 7, 2018, 8:54 pm

Opposition chief slams justice minister for ‘terrorizing’ High Court

Tzipi Livni accuses Ayelet Shaked of harming democracy after she warned of an 'earthquake' if top court overrules nation-state law

By Michael Bachner and TOI staff

Illustrative: The High Court of Justice in session. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

August 7, 2018, 4:36 pm

Israeli Arab leaders petition High Court against ‘racist’ nation-state law

Latest judicial appeal alleges controversial legislation reeks of colonialism, is inconsistent with international norms and 'massively harms human rights'

By Tamar Pileggi

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked at the Supreme Court hall in Jerusalem on August 2, 2018. (Marc Israel Sellem/Flash90)

August 6, 2018, 12:59 pm

Justice minister warns of ‘earthquake’ if High Court overturns Jewish state law

Ayelet Shaked says top bench does not have the authority to strike down controversial legislation passed as quasi-constitutional Basic Law

By Tamar Pileggi

Mishpetei Eretz Institute near the West Bank settlement of Ofra. (Kerem Navot)

August 6, 2018, 12:43 pm

State is funding settler institute squatting illegally in Palestinian home

In 2013, 10 days after court ruled Jewish center's purchase of the site, outside Ofra, was falsified, the IDF built a fence around it, preventing owners from returning

By Jacob Magid

Illustrative: Bedouin IDF soldiers seen in a tent they set up in a field near the Gaza border in southern Israel, on July 6, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

August 5, 2018, 10:49 pm

Bedouin petition High Court claiming Jewish nation-state law is illegal

Joining the Druze and other minorities, petitioners demand the controversial legislation be annulled or changed to apply equally to all Israeli citizens

By Stuart Winer and TOI staff

Elisha Chaibatov seen in a court before his release from jail on August 2, 2018. (Screen capture: Channel 10 news)

August 2, 2018, 2:57 pm

Man freed after 11 years as High Court quashes murder conviction

Elisha Chaibatov was found guilty as a result of testimony of police informer who shared his cell and used heroin with him for 5 weeks

By TOI staff

Israeli policemen scuffle with Palestinian demonstrators in the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, east of Jerusalem, on July 4, 2018. (FLASH90)

August 1, 2018, 3:03 pm

High Court: No avoiding evacuation of West Bank Bedouin village

State offers a second location for Khan al-Ahmar residents if they agree to leave current site peacefully, but they reject proposal

By Jacob Magid

Supreme Court justice Salim Joubran. (Isaac Harari/FLASH90)

July 31, 2018, 6:19 pm

Retired High Court judge urges ex-colleagues to overrule nation-state law

In impassioned interview, Salim Joubran says he would 'definitely' nullify legislation, saying it creates 'superior and inferior classes' in society

By Michael Bachner

Meretz leader Tamar Zandberg speaks to supporters after being elected as the new party head, March 22, 2018. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)

July 31, 2018, 1:21 pm

Meretz petitions High Court to overturn ‘anti-equality’ nation-state law

Left-wing party's chief, Tamar Zandberg, charges that coalition lawmakers 'tossed aside our most fundamental ideals'

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Sheikh Muwaffak Tarīf (2nd-Right), the spiritual leader of Israel's Druze community, in the village of Julis in northern Israel, on April 25, 2013 (Moshe Milner/GPO/Flash90)

July 25, 2018, 10:39 pm

Amid Druze outcry, Netanyahu calls meeting to examine nation-state law

While agreeing to meet next week with members of the minority group, prime minister says he won't consider changing legislation

By Raoul Wootliff

Education Minister Naftali Bennett leads a Jewish Home faction meeting at the Knesset on February 19, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

July 25, 2018, 4:47 pm

Bennett: Government must ‘heal wound’ caused to Druze by nation-state law

Jewish Home head says legislation 'necessary and just' but must be 'fixed' to limit damage done to Israel-supporting, army-serving minority group

By Raoul Wootliff