Israeli judicial overhaul

An illustrative photo of the Tel Aviv financial business district skyline. (Elijah Lovkoff via iStock by Getty Images)

Israeli tech exits slump 56% in 2023, deal flow drops to lowest level in a decade

In year of contentious judicial overhaul and war with Hamas, value of Israeli tech M&As and IPOs drops more than half to $7.5 billion, PwC report says

Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron speaks during a press conference at the Bank of Israel in Jerusalem on January 2, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Bank of Israel holds rates for now, warns about judicial risk to economy

By Sharon Wrobel

December 6, 2023, 5:06 pm

Israeli tech exits slump 56% in 2023, deal flow drops to lowest level in a decade

In year of contentious judicial overhaul and war with Hamas, value of Israeli tech M&As and IPOs drops more than half to $7.5 billion, PwC report says

By Sharon Wrobel

Yair Netanyahu arrives for a court hearing in Tel Aviv, on November 29, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

November 19, 2023, 9:27 am

Yair Netanyahu shares posts casting blame for Oct. 7 on courts, security services

Premier’s son, in Miami since before outbreak of war, shares clips and headlines implying judicial system, IDF and Shin Bet bear responsibility for massacre

By ToI Staff

The Judicial Selection Committee meets for the first time in over 18 months in Jerusalem, on November 16, 2023. (GPO)

November 16, 2023, 9:13 pm

Judicial Selection Committee sets out timetable for appointing new judges

Ministers Levin and Struck reportedly opposed to filling empty Supreme Court seat and appointing new president, but open to lower court appointments

By Jeremy Sharon

Justice Minister Yariv Levin seen during a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on September 10, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

November 13, 2023, 5:47 am

Levin said pushing for jurists who helped draft overhaul to be Supreme Court judges

Report says justice minister told members of selection panel he’ll back Justice Isaac Amit as court’s next president if they support his candidates, including Kohelet scholar

By ToI Staff

Yehudit Oliel Malca, right, and Elad Kalimi animate a belated Simhat Torah celebration for Sderot residents in Eilat, Israel on October 31, 2023. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)

November 10, 2023, 6:19 pm

In Eilat, 10,000 evacuated residents of Sderot form a ‘city within a city’

Municipality of the rocket-battered border town continues to provide service to its 30,000 residents, a third of whom are staying in Eilat

By Canaan Lidor

Protesters sit blindfolded at a demonstration outside of the United Nations in New York City on behalf of hostages held in Gaza by Hamas terrorists, November 7, 2023. (Sarah Rosen)

November 7, 2023, 9:53 pm

At UN HQ in New York, advocates for release of Hamas’s hostages stage powerful sit-in

Over 130 protesters, including children, sit on the ground wearing black blindfolds and holding posters stating, ‘Secretary Guterres, what if Hamas kidnapped your loved ones?’

By Sarah Rosen

The Or Simcha youth village in Kfar Chabad, central Israel, October 26, 2023. (Gavriel Fiske/Times of Israel)

November 7, 2023, 2:31 pm

Daily Briefing Nov. 7: Day 32 – Ukrainian kids who fled to Israel escape war again

Legal reporter Jeremy Sharon on indictments for incitement to racism and violence; education reporter Gavriel Fiske on universities’ support for their student reservists

By ToI Staff

Justice Minister Yariv Levin attends a conference at the Begin Heritage Center, in Jerusalem, September 5, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)

November 5, 2023, 2:50 pm

Levin says he’ll convene Judicial Selection Committee, after months of delays

With the judicial system experiencing a shortfall of judges, justice minister says he will propose names that will be greeted by ‘broad consensus’

By Jeremy Sharon

November 2, 2023, 8:51 pm

Justice minister, Supreme Court president appoint 14 temporary judges

Temporary appointments made in light of numerous empty spots on court benches around the country, owing to Levin’s refusal to convene Judicial Selection Committee

By Jeremy Sharon

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a press conference at the Ministry of Defense, in Tel Aviv on October 28, 2023. (Dana Kopel/POOL)

November 1, 2023, 2:56 pm

Protest leaders, ex-security chiefs step up calls for Netanyahu to resign amid war

After a period of political moderation, critics say Netanyahu not fit or capable to lead country during war

By Jeremy Sharon

Tables and chairs at a restaurant that has closed in Sderot, Oct. 25, 2023 (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

October 31, 2023, 12:17 pm

Israel’s economy bounced back after previous Hamas wars, but this one may take longer

A protracted conflict, potentially expanding to multiple fronts, could cause even more damage to an economy already battered by the controversial planned legal overhaul

By AP and ToI Staff

Sara Netanyahu and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak to the press from the tarmac at Ben Gurion International Airport on September 3, 2023. (Carrie-Keller-Lynn/Times of Israel)

October 29, 2023, 5:59 pm

Sara Netanyahu’s aide suspended over online tirades against ‘leftist traitors’

Series of inflammatory Facebook posts defending the PM use terms like ‘traitors,’ ‘treasonous kikes,’ scum’ and ‘fifth column’

By ToI Staff

A woman with a photograph of a child who was abducted during the Hamas's October 7 massacre hands out yellow ribbons, the symbol of those campaigning for the release of hostages, to passing drivers in central Tel Aviv, October 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

October 26, 2023, 8:29 pm

Many Israelis accuse government’s of inept, chaotic response to October 7 massacre

Civil society groups, including many anti-overhaul protesters, take responsibility over aid efforts, after many government functions neglected over past year

By Agencies and ToI Staff

October 19, 2023, 5:36 pm

Citing war, High Court postpones hearing on shuttered Judicial Selection Committee

Hearing on petitions against justice minister’s refusal to convene key panel tasked with appointing judges pushed to November 12, with legal aides called up for IDF reserve duty

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

Aviel Zaguri, left, and his brother Meir stand outside their yeshiva in Netivot, Israel, on October 15, 2023. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)

October 17, 2023, 1:27 pm

In Netivot, poverty compounds the problems of a battered border city

Thousands of the frontline city’s residents are riding out incessant Hamas artillery, citing faith, defiance — and lack of better options

By Canaan Lidor