Politics and Knesset
Israel’s envoy to New Zealand signed the communiqué with Niue Premier Dalton Tagelagi.
The justices did not indicate when they would rule on the petitions.
The Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem has tried to get his conditions of detention improved.
Supreme Court President Esther Hayut will be joined by Justices Uzi Vogelman and Yitzhak Amit in a live-broadcast hearing.
The petitioners were ordered to pay 15,000 shekels (approximately $4,000) in court costs.
According to critics, the Parents Circle “draw[s] an immoral equivalence between terror victims and terrorists.”
The prime minister told NBC News that “when the dust settles people will see that Israel’s democracy has been strengthened, not weakened.”
“Israel’s natural resources belong to everyone,” including the Haredi population, says Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman.
For the first time in history, House and Knesset members will have “a forum to engage directly,” said the House speaker.
The hearing is set for 10 a.m. on Sept. 12, Supreme Court President Esther Hayut announced.
Several Likud lawmakers say they will only back reform bills with broad support.
The $5.4 million project will connect Mount Zion with the Hinnom Valley to the south.
