“The fact that the official legal language of the State of Israel still includes the disgraceful term ‘West Bank’ is an insult to the Knesset, the Jewish people, and our history.”
The bill strips entities that transfer funds associated with terror — including the Palestinian Authority’s stipends to imprisoned terrorists and their families — from approaching the High Court.
"The court did not rise to the occasion, but that does not mean that we should be irresponsible," says MK Simcha Rothman, one of the reform effort's key architects.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Knesset Law Committee chair wanted the Supreme Court president disqualified for bias.
Currently the court president can stack the judicial panels with left-leaning judges, guaranteeing the outcome in advance.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The measure seeks to limit the High Court's unmandated power to cancel government decisions based on subjective reasonableness.
The more Rothman read from the statement critical of the Supreme Court, the more the Leftwing MK screamed and yelled.
A new hearing date has not yet been scheduled.
Simcha Rothman is very popular among the Zionist Jews in New York
Simcha Rothman describes the attack on him and his wife on Friday night.
The pro-Israel parade in New York on June 4 should be a time of unity, even as protests are welcome elsewhere, Simcha Rothman told JNS.
One protester bragged how he got close to Rothman and blew a horn right into his ear until a bodyguard pushed him a way.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The proposed changes to the Judicial Selection Committee are ready for passage, said MK Simcha Rothman.
It is unclear if after last night's anarchist riots, if Netanyahu will allow the bill to go to vote.
Gantz said, "History won't forgive whoever didn't try to stop a civil war."
The Knesset officer received alarming information from security forces about concrete threats against the Rothman and Levin and ordered extra caution to be taken towards them.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The opposition demands a 60-day freeze of the entire program before negotiations.
“It was the first time they heard the story straight, without the big bias,” MK Simcha Rothman said.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
MK Simcha Rothman’s proposed legislation goes even farther than that put forward by Justice Minister Yariv Levin, and as a “private bill” does not require review by the attorney general.
This legislation has no special connection to the LGBT, just as it has no special connection to Islam, or to skin color.
By Avi Abelow
With Israeli elections upon us, I had the opportunity to speak with Israeli MK Simcha Rothman of the Religious Zionist party, to hear from him why people should support his party in the upcoming election.
Some Knesset candidates are pulling out their military backgrounds to cudgel one another.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
In addition, shots were fired at the forces, who returned fire.