israeli knesset

Judicial review, override bill passes revision vote to go to Knesset

With a simple majority, a Knesset would be able to prevent a court from striking a piece of legislation up until a year after the overriding Knesset had been dissolved.

Judicial reform is weakening judiciary, endangering commanders - opinion

International bodies have been involved in the past in several initiatives that could have led to the indictment or prosecution of IDF commanders and senior Israeli officials in foreign courts, ICC.

By YUVAL SHANY
02/03/2023

Is Israel's judicial crisis part of the Trumpist epoch?

MIDDLE ISRAEL: The lying that accompanies the Levin Plan is part of the global war on truth.

Friendliness between opposing MKs is a sin to Israeli public - opinion

At the end of the day, even MKs who argue with one another and accuse one another of destroying democracy, are human beings.

23/02/2023
A MAN wraps fresh matza during Passover in Ashdod in 2016

Ministers approve controversial 'Hametz Law' for preliminary reading in Knesset

The "Hametz Law" makes it illegal for hospitals to enter or hold hametz (leavened bread) during Passover.

Declaring a PM 'incapacitated' will require 90 MKs' approval, coalition proposes

Simcha Rothman: Israel's attorney-general is biased and is manipulating public opinion on judicial reforms.

Herzog provided Israel's politicians a way out - will they take it? - analysis

Herzog called for a halt in the legislative process, an appeal Rothman ignored when he went ahead with the twin votes in his committee. But still, there was some slow movement.

13/02/2023
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