High Court of Justice

High Court hears petitions over Comms. Minister Karhi's handling of KAN council

At the center of the hearing are petitions challenging steps Karhi took, and, in some cases, failed to take, that critics say helped leave KAN’s council without a quorum and unable to function fully.

Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi attends the Special Committee for the Communications Law at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament on December 9, 2025
 Jewish settlers at the illegal West Bank settlement outpost of Ramat Migron, on September 8, 2023.

High Court orders state to remove Sharvit from seized Jordan Valley lands pending further ruling

Bezalel Zini, brother of Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) chief David Zini, suspected of smuggling cigarettes into Gaza, February 3, 2026.

State urges High Court to keep Zini, three others detained after Gaza smuggling case ruling

A Tzohar kashrut sticker in a window

Tzohar returns to High Court, seeks order compelling Rabbinate to license it as kosher certifier


Petition calls for emergency evacuation for disabled, elderly Israelis amid Iran missile threat

A petition urges Israel's High Court to implement an evacuation plan for disabled and elderly citizens unable to reach shelters during missile alerts.

 Israelis take cover in a public shelter as a siren is sounded warning of incoming missiles fired from Iran into Israel. March 06, 2026.

State Attorney should lead Sde Teiman leak case investigation, Justice Ministry legal advisor says

If the Court accepts Kotik’s position, the State-Attorney would then become the sole arbiter of whether to file criminal charges against those suspected of leaking the Sde Teiman footage.

Supreme court justice Yael Willner arrives for a court hearing on who will have authority over the Sde Teiman leak probe, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem.

A-G to High Court: Order must be issued instructing Netanyahu to dismiss Ben-Gvir

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara calls for the High Court to order Prime Minister Netanyahu to dismiss National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, citing abuse of authority.

 National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir seen at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, July 17, 2025

High Court: State’s haredi draft enforcement update ‘does not satisfy’ amid Iran war tensions

“In these pressing times, today’s hearing was canceled,” the court wrote. “But the need to enforce the obligation of military enlistment is steadily increasing.” 

A COURT hearing on the government’s draft of ultra-Orthodox Jews into the Israeli military at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, October 29, 2025.

'Rogue Justice': Exploring how Israel’s top court turned into a political powerhouse - review

Yonatan Green reveals how Israel’s Supreme Court seized power, shaping law and politics with little democratic oversight.

Entrance hall of the Supreme Court, decorated with a section of mosaic pavement recovered from the 5th-to-8th-century Hamat Gader synagogue, near the Golan Heights.

Israel's new Western Wall bill: A 'thorn in the eyes' of Jewish unity - opinion

It stipulates that non-Orthodox prayer – such as prayer services organized by women’s groups – constitutes a “desecration” of the holy sites. 

A Jewish woman covered in a white prayer shawl prays in front of the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, during the Jewish holiday of Passover, April 2, 2018

‘Enough is enough!’: Holy sites bill sparks religious power struggle - analysis

A bill amending the Law for the Protection of Holy Places passed a preliminary vote, boosting the Chief Rabbinate’s authority and reigniting debate over religion, state power, and Diaspora ties.

A general view of Jerusalem's Old City shows the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, in the foreground as the Dome of the Rock, located on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, is seen in the background.

High Court empowers anti-Zionists at Judaism’s holiest site - opinion

While Israeli soldiers fight for their lives, the High Court grants the Reform movement's extremists a foothold at the Western Wall, undermining Israel.

 A FAMILY prays at the section of the Kotel designated for non-Orthodox worship.

Israel must advance permits for egalitarian Western Wall plaza, High Court orders

The ruling followed a hearing earlier last week, during which justices pressed state and municipal representatives over why worshippers at the egalitarian section still cannot reach the Wall.

A Jewish woman covered in a white prayer shawl prays in front of the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, during the Jewish holiday of Passover, April 2, 2018

High Court urged to lift Oct. 7 audit freeze, hold semi-classified hearing

The original ruling did not permanently bar the comptroller from auditing the events of October 7, but temporarily froze work on eight defined “core” audits while

High Court Justice Daphne Barak-Erez arrives for a hearing on petitions calling to halt or substantially limit State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman’s investigations into the failures surrounding the Hamas's October 7 massacre, December 29, 2025; illustrative.