Tag: High Court

The Israeli Supreme Court's ruling dismisses a petition against compensating victims of Palestinian terrorist attacks with P.A. funds.

The plan puts the power back in the hands of the elected officials, but requires that the coalition and opposition work together to reach a consensus.

The court "is once again making itself sovereign," National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir streamlined the process of getting a gun license.

Hundreds of “reservations” against left-leaning Justice Amit’s appointment had already been filed by Israeli citizens.

Court hearings are putting pressure on the army to let more supplies into Gaza, observers say.

The Israeli prime minister had asked for another extension—this time for 30 days—so he could reach a political agreement on the issue

The justices based their decision on the need for equality and "respect for religious freedom."

The Yeshiva's building was moved from disputed ownership land to state land.

The Movement for Quality Government says the prime minister violated a conflict of interest agreement by addressing judicial reform.

The head of the Central Elections Committee had previously decided to ban Chikli from running for the Knesset.

Two terrorists are already lined up to lose their citizenship.

The Bennett coalition is seeking to further postpone the evacuation, adopting the same line of the Netanyahu government.

After severely criticizing Benjamin Netanyahu for his inaction on the removal of the illegal Arab outpost of Khan al-Ahmar, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is seeking to further postpone the evacuation, adopting the same line of the Netanyahu government.

Bennett’s coalition partners, including Ayelet Shaked, Zeev Elkin, Avigdor Liberman, and Yoaz Handel, were also very loud with their criticism of Netanyahu’s policy, but are doing exactly what he did, and for the same reason – a fear of a diplomatic clash with Europe.

After severely criticizing Benjamin Netanyahu for his inaction on the removal of the illegal Arab outpost of Khan al-Ahmar, Bennett is seeking to further postpone the evacuation, adopting the same line of the Netanyahu government.

Yariv Levin said, "The judicial system worked overtime today, trying to guide the new legal revolution, which means the final transfer of the legislative powers from the Knesset to the Supreme Court."

Netanyahu's actions yesterday were important messages to a whole slew of people. Were they smart enough to understand them?

Bezalel Smotrich argues that Israel's highest civil court has decided to enter into a field of adjudication where it simply does not belong. 

MK Mai Golan wrote that the court ruling means that “an illegal infiltrator can undergo a reform conversion in 10 minutes and receive Israeli citizenship.”

Almost half of the public say that their level of confidence in the High Court is low or non-existent.

The court orders the government to pass new legislation within the next few weeks if it wishes to continue to track the movements of coronavirus carriers.

Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid), Gantz's partner strongly opposes the move.

Blue&White will lose if they try to force Amir Peretz to give up his cozy new chair as Knesset Speaker, and Peretz has his own long-term agenda.

Former Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked commended the court for its decision and said that it is the result of the hard work led by her at the ministry in recent years.

The High Court declared it would not be discussing the issue before the election, stating that “at this time the petition is theoretical and premature.”

Israel’s Supreme Court on Monday rejected a petition by Mordechai Vanunu, who was convicted of revealing Israel’s nuclear secrets, to remove the injunction prohibiting him from leaving the country and contacting foreign citizens.

Merkel denied that she had conditioned her visit to Israel on the Netanyahu government not carrying out the evacuation of the illegal Bedouin settlement Khan al-Ahmar.

During the hearing, the squatters' attorneys made it clear that their clients were not willing to move too far from the current location of their shantytown, at most "a hundred or two hundred meters."

In the case of Khan al Ahmar, the High Court has displayed a disturbing "flexibility," extending a legal process which, by the Court's own admission, has been plagued by intolerable stalling.