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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 624

Israel Bar Association

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, April 27, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 26, 2025, 3:43 pm
AG: ‘Not a warning, but reality – under cover of war, regime change has sped up greatly’
Baharav-Miara declares at Bar Association confab that governance changes already felt, joining Supreme Court head Amit in highlighting erosion of judicial independence
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Released hostage Omer Wenkert speaks to the Israel Bar Association conference on May 25, 2025. (Screen capture via Walla)
May 25, 2025, 11:21 pm
Former hostage says Hamas captors sprayed him in the eyes with pesticide
Omer Wenkert tells Bar Association Conference of torture in captivity, says he was ‘intentionally starved,’ held alone for six months and beaten with an iron rod
By ToI Staff
Chief Military Advocate Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on October 1, 2024. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash 90)
May 25, 2025, 4:12 pm
Katz bans IDF top lawyer from key legal event, drawing pushback from chief of staff
Defense minister cites ‘political content’ at Bar Association confab as reason for excluding Military Advocate General; Army says important to publicly justify military operations
By Emanuel Fabian and Stav Levaton
Amit Becher, the head of the Israel Bar Association, attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on December 10, 2024. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
January 23, 2025, 2:56 pm
Coalition passes law limiting bar association’s control of its finances
Organization’s chief, opposition lawmakers denounce legislation as justice minister’s revenge for refusal to back his picks for Supreme Court, amid judicial overhaul fight
By ToI Staff
Israel Bar Association leader Amit Becher during a meeting of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, November 25, 2024. (Noam Moskowitz, Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
December 3, 2024, 1:52 pm
Bill giving justice minister power over Bar Association’s fees clears first reading
Association’s chief has accused Levin of using legislation to blackmail him into having members vote to appoint conservative Supreme Court justices
By ToI Staff
Justice Minister Yariv Levin attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, in Jerusalem on November 6, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 30, 2024, 4:27 pm
Levin does not seek to succeed Netanyahu. His life mission remains the judicial coup
Fueled by deep ties to Likud activists and a vision to reshape the country, the justice minister is unwavering in his pursuit of an overhaul, no matter the cost
By Shalom Yerushalmi
Israel Bar Association leader Amit Becher during a meeting of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, November 25, 2024. (Noam Moskowitz, Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
November 25, 2024, 5:47 pm
Bar Association head, MKs ousted from stormy hearing on bill linked to judiciary fight
Amit Becher removed from 2nd Knesset meet in days after calling Likud MK a ‘populist’; panel advances bill on reforming IBA seen as part of struggle over future Supreme Court picks
By Sam Sokol
Justice Minister Yariv Levin speaks in the Knesset plenum, November 13, 2024. (Chaim Goldbergl/Flash90)
November 13, 2024, 5:26 pm
Bar head accuses Levin of legislative blackmail over Supreme Court president appointment
Amit Becher alleges that justice minister promised to drop legislation to hobble IBA if it supported his effort to block the appointment of Isaac Amit as Supreme Court president
By Jeremy Sharon
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
MK Simcha Rothman at the Israel Bar Association conference in Tel Aviv, September 3, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
September 5, 2024, 6:10 am
Right-wing MK who pushed judicial overhaul claims courts ‘helped’ Hitler
At legal conference, Religious Zionism’s Rothman met with walkout, trenchant heckling as crowd expresses anger over government efforts to neuter judiciary
By ToI Staff
President Isaac Herzog speaks at the Israel Bar Association annual conference in Tel Aviv, September 3, 2024. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
September 3, 2024, 1:25 pm
‘Don’t you dare’: Herzog warns against reviving judicial overhaul, pleads for unity
In speech to Israel Bar Association, president warns against fractures in society that weaken country’s resolve
By Lazar Berman
Judge Eitan Orenstein (left) seen during a court session at the Tel Aviv District Court in Tel Aviv on December 17, 2013. (Eric Sultan/POOL); Then-chairman of the Israel Bar Association Efi Nave speaks at the International jurists conference in Jerusalem on February 5, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 28, 2024, 12:27 pm
Police arrest ex-judge along with prominent lawyer on suspicion of graft
In 2016 recording, Efi Nave, then Bar Association head, seems to endorse Eitan Orenstein en route to his appointment as Tel Aviv District Court president, in exchange for help in court
By ToI Staff
Amit Becher, president of the Israel Bar Association (left), and Richard Lewis, president of the New York State Bar Association, sign a memorandum of understanding between the two associations, March 4, 2024 (Courtesy New York State Bar Association)
March 26, 2024, 5:19 pm
Israel Bar Association hails influence afforded by new deal with New York State Bar
Yonit Calmanovich, head of IBA’s international department, says spots on key New York bar association committees will allow for input on issues of antisemitism, international law
By Jeremy Sharon
Head of the Israel Bar Association (IBA) Amit Becher addresses an IBA ceremony, March 20, 2024. (Courtesy Israel Bar Association/Yossi Zamir)
March 20, 2024, 11:58 pm
Bar association head threatens legal action if no Supreme Court president appointed
Amit Becher calls on justice minister to end unprecedented situation in which the court has been without a permanent president for nearly five months
By Jeremy Sharon
President Isaac Herzog speaks during a ceremony at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange on July 17, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
September 4, 2023, 12:39 pm
Herzog: Independent judicial system is cornerstone of democracy, must be defended
President hails ‘moment of power’ as citizens gain understanding of how judiciary shapes character of state; IDF’s top lawyer: Supreme Court protects IDF in international arena
By ToI Staff
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