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Jeremy Sharon

Jeremy Sharon

Jeremy Sharon is The Times of Israel’s legal affairs and settlements reporter
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara arrives to casts her ballot for the head of the Israel Bar Association at a voting station in Tel Aviv on June 20, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 1, 2023, 6:35 pm
Attorney general rejects Levin’s ‘conflict of interest’ allegation in spyware inquiry
Gali Baharav-Miara’s office nevertheless approves justice minister’s request to retain his own attorney ahead of panel hearings investigating law enforcement’s hacking of phones
By Jeremy Sharon
Attorney Aner Helman at a High Court hearing on petitions against the recusal law, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, September 28, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 28, 2023, 11:55 pm
AG’s lawyer tells High Court she can’t force a PM’s recusal, then says she can
At high stakes hearing, justices make clear they won’t abolish law aimed at shielding Netanyahu from being told to step down, but seem split over whether to delay its implementation
By Jeremy Sharon
High Court of Justice justices at a court hearing on petitions against the government's prime minister recusal law at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, September 28, 2023 (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 28, 2023, 12:55 pm
At hearing, Knesset lawyer admits PM recusal law is personal, argues that’s irrelevant
Yitzhak Bart tells High Court that law’s greater purpose – fixing problem in existing law – transcends MKs’ motive in passing it; judges suggest motive colors the purpose
By Jeremy Sharon and Michael Bachner
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi seen before the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office, September 10, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 27, 2023, 4:40 pm
Knesset can’t allow court ‘to lead us into void,’ says minister ahead of key hearing
Ministers Shlomo Karhi and Idit Silman paint High Court hearing on government recusal law as an attack on democracy
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu raises a toast at the weekly cabinet meeting ahead of the Jewish New Year, September 10, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 27, 2023, 2:20 pm
Sequel to constitutional showdown pits government against court on PM recusal law
Petitioners and attorney general argue that law blocking High Court from removing an incapacitated premier from office is unfit to be part of Israel’s constitutional arrangement
By Jeremy Sharon
Supreme Court President Esther Hayut (center) alongside Justices Uzi Vogelman (left) and Isaac Amit (right) during a hearing on petitions against the coalition's recusal law, August 3, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 22, 2023, 4:36 am
Netanyahu lawyer: Court voiding recusal law would do ‘mortal harm’ to right to vote
Quoting Lincoln, attorney rejects petitioners’ claim that law barring court or AG from ordering PM to step down was tailored to let Netanyahu violate conflict of interest deal
By Jeremy Sharon
Ombudsman of the State Representatives in the Courts Menachem Finkelstein (left), May 17, 2023. (Flash90)
September 20, 2023, 8:59 pm
Ombudsman says 30% of complaints against law enforcement officials justified
Incidents include alleged sexual assault case that was closed without informing accusers, and a child neglect case which took 3 months to be assigned
By Jeremy Sharon
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara attends a conference in Tel Aviv, July 5, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90/File)
September 18, 2023, 9:33 pm
AG to court: Delay recusal law implementation so it doesn’t apply to Netanyahu
Baharav-Miara says Basic Laws ‘cannot be used as a private resource to remove personal problems from one’s path’
By Jeremy Sharon
All 15 High Court justices preside over a court hearing on petitions against the government's 'reasonableness bill' at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, September 12, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 15, 2023, 11:00 am
High Court pushes off Tuesday hearing on Levin’s refusal to convene judicial panel
Judges reject justice minister’s request to annul injunction, but give him time to submit further response to ruling demanding he explain decision not to assemble committee
By ToI Staff and Jeremy Sharon
Supreme Court President Esther Hayut and Justice Minister Yariv Levin attend the opening of a new courthouse in Katzrin on June 1, 2023. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
September 14, 2023, 2:20 pm
Court issues injunction against Levin for refusing to convene judge selection panel
Order switches burden of proof onto justice minister, who tells court it doesn’t have right to force him to have committee meet, as he seeks to expand coalition control of judiciary
By Jeremy Sharon
Justice Minister Yariv Levin attends a conference at the Begin Heritage Center, in Jerusalem, September 5, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
September 13, 2023, 9:17 pm
Levin tells court: ‘Only I have authority to convene Judicial Selection Committee’
Justice minister asserts his refusal to convene the key panel is intended to give negotiations with the opposition over the judicial overhaul a chance to succeed
By Jeremy Sharon
Supreme Court President Esther Hayut and all 14 other judges hear petitions against the 'reasonableness law' at the court in Jerusalem on September 12, 2023. (DEBBIE HILL / POOL / AFP)
September 13, 2023, 1:12 am
Overhaul hearing sees court, gov’t in bitter fight for quasi-constitutional primacy
While appearing to defend their oversight authority, president and other judges don’t seem certain that damage posed by reasonableness legislation can justify annulling a Basic Law
By Jeremy Sharon
All 15 High Court justices preside over a court hearing on petitions against the government's 'reasonableness bill' at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, September 12, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 12, 2023, 2:01 pm
At historic 13-hour hearing, judges challenge assertion they can’t reject Basic Laws
Justices question claims of supreme Knesset authority, but also indicate reasonableness law won’t be voided unless it deals ‘mortal blow’ to democracy; petitioners insist it does
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
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)
September 11, 2023, 5:17 pm
Court set for fateful ‘reasonableness’ law hearing as constitutional showdown looms
Petitioners claim legislation undermines democracy; government insists court has no right to intervene. High Court justices may decide time is not ripe for such a charged decision
By Jeremy Sharon
Supreme Court President Justice Esther Hayut presides over a court hearing on the Central Election Committee's decision to disqualify the Balad party from running in the upcoming Knesset election, October 6, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 10, 2023, 3:46 pm
Judiciary vs executive: Israel’s branches of government set for unprecedented clash
High Court will review the coalition’s reasonableness law, its first legislation limiting the power of the judiciary, on Tuesday
By Jeremy Sharon
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