Politics and Knesset
Appellants petitioned challenging the “constitutionality” of a Basic Law limiting the court’s ability to remove a PM from office.
Israel will also reopen its embassy in Paraguay’s capital Asuncion.
Judicial reform has not gone the way the government hoped, with the Supreme Court taking the opportunity to secure even more power, observers tell JNS.
The secular-Orthodox divide has grown wider.
The delegation is in Riyadh for a U.N. World Tourism Organization conference.
Five countries have their embassies in Israel’s capital, with more on the way.
WATCH: JNS CEO/Jerusalem Bureau Chief Alex Traiman and Senior Contributing Editor Caroline Glick offer a complete rundown and in-depth analysis of the multiple storylines taking place simultaneously as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a series of diplomatic meetings in the United States during the U.N. General Assembly.
Activists interviewed on “60 Minutes” gave fuel to efforts to delegitimize the IDF and the state, the Diaspora affairs minister said.
Ambassador Steffen Seibert said in a Hebrew-language video that “friends of Israel are looking with a lot of interest toward the Supreme Court.”
The trial was made possible by a 60 million shekel ($15.7 million) project known as the Israel National Drone Initiative.
Minister Yair Levin said the court has no authority to demand he convene the panel.
Amir Ohana said the new court would strip the Supreme Court of its role as the High Court of Justice.
