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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 434

Suzie Navot

Attorney Ilan Bombach, hired by the government as independent legal counsel to represent its position in the High Court of Justice over petitions against the government-backed reasonableness limitation law, at a High Court hearing for those petitions, July 30, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 14, 2023, 10:47 am
‘Jewish and democratic’ were never in question for state’s founders, scholar says
Government attorney’s critical claims in High Court about Declaration of Independence are partially inaccurate and ‘totally explosive,’ argues author of recent book on early Israel
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Vice president of the Israel Democracy Institute Prof. Suzie Navot at the IDI, December 2022. (Michal Fattal/IDI)
February 17, 2023, 6:30 am
What Matters Now to… Prof. Suzie Navot: Guarding against a ‘Frankenstate’
This week in What Matters Now, we speak with a leading legal expert of comparative constitutional law and hear why Israel is uniquely susceptible to becoming a non-democratic state
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Former Likud justice minister Dan Meridor attends a meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on January 18, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 18, 2023, 8:47 pm
Ex-Likud minister Meridor says Netanyahu out to ‘destroy’ judicial system
Former justice minister warns ‘entire house’ threatened with destruction by planned court overhaul; law professor emphasizes High Court is lone institution capping Knesset’s power
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, November 5, 2019. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)
November 22, 2019, 2:21 am
Political stalemate could see Netanyahu’s formal indictment delayed by months
Netanyahu could be required to immediately let go of his 4 other ministerial posts, but AG can’t formally file indictment before Knesset discusses a potential request for immunity
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting, in the Jordan Valley on September 15, 2019. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)
September 24, 2019, 11:18 am
With no proper coalition since 2018, Israeli governance is lost in transition
Netanyahu has held caretaker role for 9 months, remaining PM purely by dint of being the last person elected to the job, with diplomatic and military wiggle room legally limited
By Raphael Ahren
‎Supreme Court Chief Justice Esther Hayut (C) and other judges on the court, ahead of a hearing on March 14, 2019. (Hadas Parush/ Flash90)
May 28, 2019, 11:14 am
Israel is already in a constitutional crisis, leading law scholar warns
Suzie Navot is not against parliamentary immunity and wants the Knesset to be able to override the Supreme Court. But she’s also worried about a creeping erosion of democracy
By Raphael Ahren
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