Justice Ministry

Education Minister Naftali Bennett speaks at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on April 23, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

May 31, 2018, 6:09 am

Checking Supreme Court’s powers, Bennett looks to ‘rebalance’ Israeli democracy

The Jewish Home leader says a much-criticized bill allowing the Knesset to override the court represents his party’s biggest achievement: pushing Netanyahu to the right

By Raoul Wootliff

Supreme Court Justice Hanan Melcer (C) arrives at the High Court of Justice in Jerusalem for a hearing about public transportation on Shabbat, on September 11, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

May 28, 2018, 8:56 pm

MKs push ahead with bill curbing High Court in West Bank land disputes

Justice Minister Shaked hails move as helping settlers, reducing load for top court, but opposition lawmaker slam it as part of 'annexation bid'

By TOI staff and Jacob Magid

CNN panelists discuss a meeting Ivanka Trump and Jared Kishner had with Isreal's Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, May 16, 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)

May 17, 2018, 3:28 am

CNN panel discusses rabbi who compared black children to monkeys

Debate about Israel's Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef and his meeting with Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner devolves into comments about one panelist's masculinity

By Ron Kampeas

Deputy Attorney General Avi Licht attends the Eli Horowitz Conference for Economy and Society, organized by the Israel Democracy Institute in Jerusalem on June 19, 2017. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

May 16, 2018, 7:02 pm

Deputy AG resigns after complaining of politicization in Justice Ministry

A week before quitting, Avi Licht said a new ideology has arisen that opposes the ministry’s work as the 'watchdog' of democracy

By TOI staff

Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef (R) speaks during a ceremony before the Passover holiday, April 9, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

March 29, 2018, 2:31 pm

Israel mulls criminal action against top rabbi who called black people ‘monkeys’

Justice Ministry said considering various steps against Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, examining whether remark constitutes incitement to racism

By Michael Bachner

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, March 25, 2018. (Marc Israel Sellem)

March 27, 2018, 2:16 pm

Netanyahu taken to Jerusalem hospital with high fever

Prime minister to undergo tests at Hadassah Ein Kerem after condition worsens, office says

By Raoul Wootliff

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook Inc. (AFP Photo/Getty Images North America)

March 22, 2018, 5:03 pm

Israel to probe Facebook over Cambridge Analytica data breach

Investigation comes following mass leak of social media giant's data on 50 million users, which was used to aid Trump campaign in 2016 race

By Raoul Wootliff

Judge Ronit Poznansky-Katz. (Judiciary of Israel)

March 22, 2018, 11:38 am

Judge in texting scandal suspended pending disciplinary ruling

Supreme Court chief rejects offer to extend leave of absence for Ronit Poznansky-Katz, who discussed remands with prosecutor

By Michael Bachner and TOI staff

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (r) and Supreme Court President Esther Hayut on February 22, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash 90)

March 7, 2018, 1:15 am

Justice minister files complaint against judge in texting scandal

Supreme Court expected to establish a special disciplinary court against Ronit Poznansky-Katz over her communications with a state prosecutor

By TOI staff

State Prosecuter Shai Nitzan attends a ceremony in Jerusalem, October 26, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

March 5, 2018, 12:49 pm

State prosecutor: Alleged collusion between judge, investigator ‘an exception’

Shai Nitzan says 'very, very inappropriate' incident is 'not the norm,' and detainees' rights were not compromised by exchange

By Marissa Newman and TOI staff

Supreme Court president Esther Hayut at a meeting of the Israeli Judicial Selection Committee at the Ministry of Justice in Jerusalem on February 22, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash 90)

March 5, 2018, 8:49 am

Supreme Court head announces collusion inquiry following judge texting scandal

Three-person committee will investigate relationship between judges and law enforcement officials after 'a series of personal and systemic failures' revealed

By TOI staff

Committee chairman, Nissan Slomiansky, attends a Constitution, Law, and Justice, Committee meeting in the Knesset on January 16, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

March 4, 2018, 6:48 pm

MKs to discuss trial procedures after judge texting scandal

Committee chairman says he will introduce legislation if Justice Ministry doesn't revise communication procedures

By TOI staff

February 25, 2018, 11:50 pm

Bill stripping High Court’s power to adjudicate West Bank land disputes advances

Ayelet Shaked views top legal body as overly concerned with international law; Jerusalem District Court would be new address for such petitions

By Jacob Magid

Ultra-Orthodox protesters clash with police during a protest against the arrest of a draft-dodger, near the army recruiting office in Jerusalem, September 17, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

February 11, 2018, 6:13 pm

Cop indicted for beating ultra-Orthodox army draft protesters

According to charge sheet, defendant, who served in Jerusalem, unlawfully attacked demonstrators on two occasions

By Stuart Winer

Right-wing activists attend a protest in Tel Aviv, staging alleged torture by the Shin Bet against Jewish terror suspects (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

February 1, 2018, 8:51 am

In first, Israel opens brutality probe against Shin Bet interrogator

Investigation ordered by Justice Ministry 18 years after establishing unit to deal with complaints against security agency

By JTA