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Yuval Yoaz

Yuval Yoaz

Yuval Yoaz is the legal analyst at Zman Israel, The Times of Israel's sister Hebrew website. He practices law, specializing in public, constitutional and media laws, and is the founder of Israel Democracy Guard. He is a partner in the law office of Karniel & Co Yoaz-Bareket-Jonas.
Israel's Supreme Court Deputy Chief Justice Noam Sohlberg presides over a hearing on petitions demanding the formation of a state commission of inquiry into the October 7 attack, April 23, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 25, 2026, 8:08 am
The High Court is treading a dangerous path by delaying an October 7 state inquiry
Fearing political backlash, justices are considering leaving the establishment of a state commission to the next government, a move that undermines the rule of law
By Yuval Yoaz
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (right) celebrates the passing of the death penalty law for terrorists in the Knesset, March 30, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 3, 2026, 1:05 pm
The death penalty law for Palestinians convicted of deadly acts of terror is unconstitutional
Racist and legally flawed, this legislation undermines Israel’s core values as a Jewish and democratic state. The High Court has a moral imperative to strike it down
By Yuval Yoaz
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
The Israel Prison Service dresses Palestinian prisoners set for release in shirts featuring its logo, a Star of David and the sentence in Arabic: 'We will not forget or forgive,' February 15, 2025. (Israel Prison Service)
October 6, 2025, 4:36 pm
Fearing for talks, PM asks High Court to delay a hearing on Palestinian prisoner visits
Netanyahu’s office cites potential harm to efforts to secure return of hostages from Gaza; civil rights attorney rejects implication that renewing Red Cross visits would be impediment
By Yuval Yoaz
Deputy Attorney General for International Law Gilad Noam, Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, Chief Military Advocate Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi. (Photos by Nick Gammon / AFP, Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 9, 2025, 1:21 pm
Opinion: Israel is committing war crimes – and its legal heads remain silent
The silence of Israel’s three senior legal officials charged with ensuring that Israel’s military operations comply with the rules of international law is indefensible
By Yuval Yoaz
Left: Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90); Center: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Reuven Kastro/Pool); Right: Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara (Oren Ben Hakoon/Pool)
April 23, 2025, 12:56 pm
Ronen Bar’s bombshell affidavit puts the ball squarely in attorney general’s court
Gali Baharav-Miara will now have to determine whether the Shin Bet chief’s allegations about Netanyahu’s conduct necessitate a new criminal investigation of the prime minister
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
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) sits with Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli, at the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem, June 26, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 16, 2025, 4:27 pm
It’s not leaks to the press that are at the heart of the new Shin Bet investigation
The fact that an employee of the security agency allegedly leaked classified information to a government minister close to the PM makes the recent affair a continuation of a dangerous pattern
By Yuval Yoaz
Judges arrive at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to rule on South Africa's request on a Rafah and wider Gaza war ceasefire, in The Hague, on May 24, 2024. (Nick Gammon / AFP)
May 25, 2024, 8:19 pm
Confused by the ICJ’s decision on Gaza? Blame the judges’ deliberate ambiguity
The key sentence in the court’s ruling is a non-definitive three-clause construct. And the judges themselves don’t agree on what it is they are requiring Israel to do
By Yuval Yoaz
Judges arrive at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to rule on South Africa's request on a Rafah and wider Gaza war ceasefire, in The Hague, on May 24, 2024. (Nick Gammon / AFP)
May 25, 2024, 1:08 am
Four ICJ judges argue court order does not require IDF to stop all Rafah operations
Israel’s Barak says ‘the measure is a qualified one’ and Uganda’s Sebutinde warns directive should not be misunderstood, but South Africa’s Tladi says it explicitly requires a halt
By Yuval Yoaz
Illustrative: Likud leader and former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to testify before the Meron Disaster Inquiry Committee, in Jerusalem, on July 21, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 7, 2024, 12:51 pm
How the damning findings of the Meron disaster inquiry are good for Netanyahu
In normal circumstances, a prime minister blamed for the deaths of 45 people would have packed up and gone — but not this one
By Yuval Yoaz
Then-Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit at the Justice Ministry in Jerusalem on June 14, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
December 16, 2021, 9:15 pm
Successor to attorney general won’t be named in time for his retirement
Mandelblit reportedly says he won’t stay on ‘another minute’; committee recommending candidates aims to appoint acting AG instead
By Yuval Yoaz and ToI Staff
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