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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 621

Israel Supreme Court

A shattered window at the Supreme Court building in Jerusalem, June 6, 2025. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
June 8, 2025, 4:31 am
Window at Supreme Court shattered by airsoft gun or slingshot, judiciary says
Incident occurred during a right-wing protest on Thursday, attended by several government ministers; Netanyahu slams ‘violence of any kind’ as Lapid blames him for incitement
By ToI Staff
Yael Melamede and her mother, Ada Karmi-Melamede, during filming of 'Ada, My Mother the Architect,' released in May 2025 in New York and Los Angeles (Courtesy Salty Features)
May 24, 2025, 1:01 pm
Film offers elegant, intimate look at architect who designed Israel’s Supreme Court
Filmmaker Yael Melamede examines the work and life of her mother, Ada Karmi-Melamede, in ‘Ada: My Mother the Architect’; decries ‘loud, silent boycott of Israeli films right now’
By Jessica Steinberg
Assuta Medical Center in Rishon Lezion. (Screen capture: Google Maps)
May 11, 2025, 10:40 pm
Supreme Court rules birth parents of child born in IVF mix-up are legal parents
Ruling ends 3-year legal struggle over child, and upholds a lower court ruling, after unprecedented mistake in which couple received wrong embryo during fertility treatment
By Jeremy Sharon
A High Court of Justice hearing on petitions against the firing of Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, April 8, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 8, 2025, 7:16 pm
Bill would remove Supreme Court chief’s power to decide which judges hear certain cases
Religious Zionism MK Rothman wants all Supreme Court panels determined by randomized computer allocation, as currently happens in all but the most sensitive hearings
By Jeremy Sharon
Spectators chant as the High Court of Justice hears petitions against the firing of Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar in Jerusalem, April 8, 2025 (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
May 1, 2025, 9:41 am
Ronen Bar affair shows widening chaos as state institutions face coalition pressure
Government’s broad, simultaneous campaign against multiple institutions and office holders, aimed at weakening guardrails and concentrating power, is generating internal dysfunction
By Jeremy Sharon
Supreme Court chief Isaac Amit (left) speaks to Justice Minister Yariv Levin at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on April 10, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 10, 2025, 4:55 pm
Supreme Court chief decries effort to erode court autonomy, calls for dialogue with Levin
Justice minister fails to acknowledge Isaac Amit during ceremony for judges; President Herzog: Absolute majority of public deeply disgusted by calls not to obey court rulings
By Jeremy Sharon
Justice Minister Yariv Levin addresses the Knesset plenum during a debate over legislation to overhaul Israel's judicial appointments process, March 26, 2025. (Noam Moskowitz, Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
March 27, 2025, 10:09 pm
Judicial appointments law is Levin’s victory in fight to handpick ideological hardliners
Despite several staunch conservatives on the Supreme Court, the justice minister long sought to install an advocate of uncompromising judicial restraint on the bench; now he can
By Jeremy Sharon
The plenum hall of the Knesset during a vote on a law to remake Israel's Judicial Selection Committee, March 27, 2025 (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 27, 2025, 2:20 pm
Critics petition court to nix judicial appointments law they say politicizes bench
Yesh Atid and two government watchdog groups argue new law undermines democratic rule in absence of any check on government power other than judiciary
By Jeremy Sharon
General view of the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on January 2, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 26, 2025, 6:11 pm
Overturning acquittal, top court convicts woman on spying charge for Iran
Justices finds district court was wrong not to conclude that man who contacted defendant and asked for sensitive security information was an ‘enemy’ agent
By ToI Staff
Protesters clash with police during a demonstration against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bid to oust Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, Jerusalem, March 20, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 22, 2025, 1:14 pm
Poll: 63% of public fears for Israeli democracy as government votes to fire Shin Bet head
Survey finds 37% of government supporters worried, as separate poll shows over twice as many people have faith in the Supreme Court, attorney general, Shin Bet than in the government
By ToI Staff
Former Supreme Court president Aharon Barak in Jerusalem, December 8, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 20, 2025, 11:56 pm
Ex-Supreme Court chief Aharon Barak says he fears Israel headed to civil war
‘The rift in the people is immense, with no effort made to heal it,’ jurist says, adding that if he were still chief justice, he would block PM’s dismissal of Shin Bet chief, AG
By ToI Staff
Democrats MK Gilad Kariv is ejected from the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee following a vote on a highly controversial law changing Israel's judicial appointments process, March 19, 2025. (Noam Moskowitz, Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
March 19, 2025, 4:32 pm
Bill to increase political control over judicial appointments approved by Knesset panel
Opposition chief Lapid urges mass protests against key judicial overhaul bill, that could become law next week, to limit judiciary’s influence over picks
By Jeremy Sharon
Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee chairman MK Simcha Rothman leads a committee meeting at the Knesset on February 25, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
February 26, 2025, 5:28 am
Bill giving coalition control of judicial ombudsman appointment cleared for final votes
New law ‘will take control of judges and leave them intimidated, and dependent on the coalition,’ opposition MK alleges as Knesset committee advances the legislation
By Jeremy Sharon
Einav Zangauker, mother of hostage Matan Zangauker, speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv on January 25, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
February 9, 2025, 7:14 pm
Families of captives Matan Zangauker, Nimrod Cohen sue for full text of hostage deal
Plaintiffs, whose sons are set for release in deal’s uncertain 2nd phase, ask High Court to order entire agreement be implemented: ‘Passage of time endangers the hostages’ lives’
By ToI Staff
L: Isaac Amit at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, February 6. 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90); R: Alex Stein at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, December 5, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 9, 2025, 6:16 pm
High Court rejects petition to revoke Isaac Amit’s appointment as court president
Right-wing groups alleged that Judicial Selection Committee hadn’t sufficiently considered conflict of interest allegations against Amit, whom justice minister has vowed to boycott
By ToI Staff
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