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Israelis protest in support of Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara outside the Justice Ministry in Jerusalem, July 14, 2025. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
July 14, 2025, 4:55 pm
Two scholars warn of Israel’s democratic backsliding, hidden by Oct. 7’s fog of war
In their new Hebrew-language book ‘Democracy in Retreat,’ Noam Gidron and Yaniv Roznai claim the government is using populism and polarization to chip away at democracy
By Eliyahu Freedman
Justice Minister Yariv Levin attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 7, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 5, 2025, 1:30 am
Justice minister seeks to bypass committee, oust attorney general with cabinet vote
Yariv Levin’s resolution would allow dismissal of Gali Baharav-Miara with just 75% cabinet support, circumventing statutory committee legally required to oversee her removal
By ToI Staff and Jeremy Sharon
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
Activists protest against the government's planned judicial overhaul, outside the ultraconservative Har Hamor Yeshiva in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Homa, July 5, 2023. The sign, featuring leading members of the government, states 'You are the messianics of the destruction.' (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 17, 2023, 4:42 pm
Protest groups turn up heat on ‘messianic’ settlers accused of driving overhaul
Activists demonstrate in settlements and highlight anti-Palestinian violence, making common cause with established leftist groups but risking alienating supporters on the right
By Jeremy Sharon
Supreme Court President Esther Hayut and other justices during a court hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on August 3, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 9, 2023, 12:32 pm
September showdown: Israel’s branches of government to face off in three key cases
Petitions against two coalition Basic Law amendments, and justice minister’s refusal to convene crucial panel, give retiring court chief chance to leave final far-reaching mark
By Jeremy Sharon
President of the Supreme Court Esther Hayut and Supreme Court justices at the High Court in Jerusalem hear petitions against the so-called 'Tiberias law,' on July 30, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 31, 2023, 8:07 pm
Unprecedented 15-judge panel to hear petitions against coalition’s reasonableness law
The full roster of the High Court will deliberate the government’s Basic Law amendment that limits court oversight, starting on September 12
By Jeremy Sharon
Israelis protest outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem against the government's judicial overhaul, March 27, 2023. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
July 26, 2023, 4:52 pm
A time for reason: Will the High Court strike down government’s reasonableness law?
Justices have developed 2 doctrines to potentially block a Basic Law. Does the new legislation limiting the courts’ use of reasonableness justify resorting to this doomsday weapon?
By Jeremy Sharon
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