Politics and Knesset
The appellants say the prime minister’s decision on a conflict of interest arrangement was “tainted by an extreme lack of reasonableness.”
Amichai Chikli, the Israeli diaspora affairs minister, thinks there’s a need for schooling to focus more on deepening Jewish identities.
Israel’s justice minister slams ruling that the “deposit law” violates foreign workers’ rights.
The Judicial Selection Committee is responsible for appointing judges at all levels of Israel’s civil court system.
The bill, sponsored by Likud MK Eliyahu Revivo, was withdrawn after Defense Minister Yoav Gallant warned it could be detrimental to Israel’s security .
If the country was so aghast about judicial reform just two months ago, why are the current protests drastically smaller?
“For the past several decades, both courts have been acting as super legislatures,” Zack Smith, of Heritage Foundation, told JNS of the Israeli and U.S. Supreme Courts.
Demonstrators block roads, attempt to shut down airport, clash with police, as reform legislation advances. Turnout appears much smaller than in previous protests.
Danny Danon accuses Hagai Frankel of acting in a “threatening and aggressive manner” towards his family.
The bill will block the courts from using “reasonableness” as a standard to overturn Cabinet decisions. Protesters plan a “day of disruption” in response.
Israeli president calls the refusal to negotiate on a judicial reform agreement a “blunder of historic proportions.”
