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Left: Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara at her welcome ceremony in Jerusalem on February 8, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Right: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on January 11, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
July 7, 2026, 6:28 am
Knesset splits controversial bill to erode attorney general’s powers, easing path for key aspects to become law
Legislation now being advanced would still allow government to ignore AG’s rulings, but won’t divide role; media overhaul bill and bill to expand gender segregation in academia okayed for final votes
By Ariela Karmel and Jeremy Sharon
Left to right: Ex-Supreme Court president Aharon Barak in Herzliya, July 1, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90); Ex-Supreme Court president Dorit Beinisch in Tel Aviv, February 29, 2024. (Flash90); Ex-Supreme Court president Asher Grunis in Jerusalem, February 13, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Ex-Supreme Court president Esther Hayut, November 3, 2025. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90); Ex-acting Supreme Court president Uzi Vogelman in Jerusalem, February 13, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
July 6, 2026, 8:54 pm
All living former Supreme Court presidents pan government for not respecting court ruling
Aharon Barak, Dorit Beinisch, Asher Grunis, Esther Hayut and Uzi Vogelman warn move will ‘lead to anarchy’ and ‘make the existence of a functioning society impossible’
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar at the opening of the Israeli Cartoon Museum in the city of Holon, central Israel, February 10, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
July 6, 2026, 2:39 pm
Minister insists PM will obey High Court ruling, isn’t seeking constitutional crisis
Miki Zohar says government resolution aimed at avoiding crisis, court violated law; Bennett says ignoring ruling will cause chaos similar to that which sparked 2,000 years of exile
By ToI Staff
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi (left) and Justice Minister Yariv Levin (right) attend a Knesset plenum session, January 8, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 5, 2026, 7:16 pm
In first, government vows to disobey High Court ruling, setting up constitutional crisis
Cabinet declares ruling allowing a key broadcast media regulator to operate without a quorum to be ‘unlawful’; opposition accuses government of ‘violating rule of law’
By Jeremy Sharon
Former Supreme Court justice Edna Arbel speaks at the annual cyber week held at Tel Aviv University on June 25, 2017. (Flash90)
July 1, 2026, 6:23 pm
Edna Arbel, former state attorney and Supreme Court justice, dies at 82
Arbel took part in Justice Ministry probe into Bus 300 affair, was on staff of state inquiry into Sabra and Shatila massacre, before becoming Tel Aviv District Court judge in 1988
By Michael Horovitz
A view of the Supreme Court building in Jerusalem. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
January 13, 2026, 12:59 pm
The government isn’t just dodging the Haredi draft; it’s dodging the law
By ignoring the High Court’s ruling on military conscription, the coalition is stripping the judiciary of its power and risking a total breakdown of Israel’s democratic regime
By Yuval Yoaz
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanybahu (L) and President Isaac Herzog at event for outstanding soldiers as part of Israel's 75th Independence Day celebrations, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on April 26, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 30, 2025, 2:02 pm
Herzog must reject Netanyahu’s pardon request
Granting clemency to a prime minister who denies all wrongdoing and attacks law enforcement would strike at the heart of the rule of law
By Yuval Yoaz
Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet security service, attends a ceremony held at the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum in Jerusalem, on Holocaust Remembrance Day, May 5, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 21, 2025, 7:42 pm
This is not a drill: Ronen Bar’s affidavit is a thunderous alarm call for Israel
Shin Bet chief officially tells Supreme Court Netanyahu demanded loyalty to him personally rather than to state and its laws; justices’ response will shape the future of Israeli democracy and security
By Yuval Yoaz
Left: National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90); Right: Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara (Oren Ben Hakoon/Pool)
November 18, 2024, 7:44 pm
Ben Gvir accuses embattled AG of running fishing expedition against him
Gali Baharav-Miara dismisses far-right police minister’s claim she ordered a subordinate to ‘investigate and find something’ to charge him with
By Sam Sokol
A vote is held in the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee on the government's bill to limit the courts' use of the reasonableness doctrine, July 4, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 8, 2023, 5:44 pm
The reason for reasonableness: A doctrine at the heart of the overhaul explained
Proponents of limiting the courts’ use of the ‘reasonableness’ measure say it has hitherto enabled rule by judiciary; opponents say it’s a vital bulwark against government abuse
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) with Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein at a Likud party faction meeting in the Knesset, on April 30, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
March 24, 2020, 1:41 pm
Edelstein must heed court ruling. The alternative is the end of the rule of law
The justices have reminded the speaker ‘the Knesset is sovereign.’ That decision may mark a major defeat for Netanyahu today, but he could turn it to his advantage down the line
By David Horovitz
Oleksander Lemenov outside the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, on February 3. 2020 (Facebook)
February 22, 2020, 4:41 am
His family fled to Israel, but this activist fights for rule of law in Ukraine
Opposing corruption in Ukraine can be difficult and dangerous, but Oleksander Lemenov believes history is on the side of reformers
By Simona Weinglass
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