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Calves transported from Australia to Israel by sea photographed covered in dried excrement. (Israel Against Live Shipments)
July 16, 2026, 10:24 am
Welfare activists petition High Court in bid to end live animal shipments
Noting conditions at sea fail to meet minimum legal standards for animal welfare on land, petitioners call for changes in taxation to encourage imports of chilled meat
By Sue Surkes
View of the Orot Rabin power plant in coastal Hadera from the Sdot Yam beach, central Israel, May 20, 2023. In a controversial move, the government is allowing the plant to retain coal for emergency backup. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)
June 29, 2026, 9:29 am
State tells High Court it’s not obliged to have targets for emissions cuts
Responding to country’s first petition against its climate change policy, government claims international pacts require ‘continuous effort’ rather than meeting stated goals
By Sue Surkes
The coal-fired Orot Rabin power station in Hadera, central Israel, seen from the Hadera Stream National Park, April 25, 2025. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
May 18, 2026, 2:56 pm
Court petitioned against ‘deadly’ lifeline granted to coal-fired power station
Predicting multiple deaths from pollution, Sharon-Carmel Cities Association and green NGOs claim amended emissions permit violates Israeli law, European directives
By Sue Surkes
Excess gas is burned at the Bazan oil refinery in Israel's northern city of Haifa late on March 19, 2026 (Odd Andersen / AFP)
May 5, 2026, 12:15 pm
High Court allows Bazan to build new power plant after old one damaged by Iran
However, judges note oil refinery will eventually have to close in line with government decision
By Sue Surkes
Petitioners against the government's climate policy pose at the High Court of Justice in Jerusalem on February 23, 2026. (Green Course)
February 24, 2026, 10:33 pm
Heeding green groups’ demand, High Court orders government to justify climate targets
Following Monday hearing on green groups’ petition, court demands the state define its ‘bottom line’ for emissions cuts, report on climate steps and status of climate bill
By Sue Surkes
Some of the young people behind Israel's first High Court petition on climate action, outside the High Court in Jerusalem, on February 23, 2026. Green Trend's CEO Elad Hochman is wearing a white jacket.(Green Trend).
February 23, 2026, 2:07 pm
In first, environmental NGOs petition High Court against government’s climate policies
Petitioners demand interim injunction to compel government to explain why emissions cut target for 2030 is 27% and not 43%, as set by the UN to cap rising temperatures
By Sue Surkes
Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman attends a plenum session at the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 10, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 18, 2025, 1:41 pm
Green groups petition High Court to enforce NIS 11 million government funding pledge
Representing environmental organizations, Adam Teva V’Din says environmental protection minister’s refusal to issue calls for the cash is ‘legally unfounded’
By Sue Surkes
A view of some of the newer neighborhoods in the Negev city of Dimona, December 21, 2020. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
June 26, 2025, 9:38 am
Judge halts major Dimona housing plan over absence of environmental impact study
Citing ‘significant flaws,’ Beersheba Administrative Court sends plans for expansion of Negev desert city back to planning committee for further work
By Sue Surkes
Members of the Gvura (Heroism) Forum, bereaved families and activists hold a press conference against a hostage deal with Hamas in Jerusalem, January 12, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 18, 2025, 4:41 pm
Some 1,000 relatives of fallen soldiers said to sign letter in support of Gaza fighting
Petition drafted by right-wing organization comes after recent wave of letters by various groups urging deal for the return of all hostages even at cost of ending war
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a cadets graduation ceremony at the IDF's officers school in southern Israel, known as Bahad 1, March 7, 2024. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
March 10, 2024, 7:23 pm
Citing war, petitioners seek to force PM to reveal his health status, succession plan
Survivors of massacre, MK and others turn to High Court, say Netanyahu hasn’t been transparent about his well-being, allege he’s shown worrying signs, including ‘drooping eyelids’
By Renee Ghert-Zand
National Security Itamar Ben Gvir leads a faction meeting of his Otzma Yehudit party at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on February 19, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 21, 2024, 3:07 pm
High Court rejects petition to disqualify far-right Ben Gvir as a minister
Panel of three judges find that despite Otzma Yehudit leader’s checkered past, his appointment to cabinet is not ‘unreasonable in the extreme’
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Justice Minister Yariv Levin at the opening of the summer session of the Knesset, on May 1, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 1, 2023, 7:56 pm
High Court rules PM was not in contempt by saying he’d involve himself in overhaul
Judges accept attorney general’s position, say PM must not be involved in legislation due to conflict of interest, but reject assertion he was in breach of court order
By ToI Staff
Tens of thousands of Israelis protest against the government's planned judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, January 21, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
February 7, 2023, 6:19 pm
In petition, leading academics warn judicial shakeup will harm Israel’s security
Hebrew University professor behind letter with over 240 signatories says Nobel Prize-winning French economist who couldn’t sign asked Macron to protest overhaul to Netanyahu
By ToI Staff
Artists' impression of cable cars crossing Jerusalem's Hinnom Valley from a promotional video. (YouTube screenshot)
May 15, 2022, 6:49 pm
High Court rejects petitions against plan to build cable car to Jerusalem’s Old City
Judge says court only intervenes when planning process is flawed; as legal opposition route closes, opponents of plan vow to launch public campaign
By Sue Surkes
An oil tanker docked at the Europe Asia Pipeline Company's port, close to the coral reef nature reserve of Eilat in southern Israel. (Society for the Protection of Nature)
May 5, 2021, 11:08 am
Green groups ask High Court to halt secret UAE oil deal signed by state company
Deal signed by Europe Asia Pipeline Company with Emirati consortium ‘invalid’ because it wasn’t approved by government or opened for consultation with public, petition charges
By Sue Surkes
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