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The Great Synagogue of Rishon Letzion, founded in 1885, shown here between 1910 and 1924. Credit: Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Israel’s ‘privileged class’: Its roots and its rot
There were other battles in the early Jewish state—internal elements such as economic and societal concerns, ideological and practical.
Yisrael Medad
April 16, 2025
Former Supreme Court President Aharon Barak. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Aharon Barak’s protest gavel
The Supreme Court elder responsible for Israel’s decades-old “constitutional revolution” isn’t merely predicting civil war; he’s inciting it.
Ruthie Blum
March 24, 2025
Former Supreme Court President Aharon Barak. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Netanyahu taps Aharon Barak to represent Israel in ICJ genocide case
The government's choice of one of its biggest opponents has surprised observers and has met with mixed reactions from ministers.
David Isaac
Jan. 8, 2024
Freed hostage Ofir Engel and families of Israelis still being held by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip attend a press conference for the foreign media at Kibbutz Be'eri, Dec. 20, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Standing up for national unity and national survival
Oct. 7 shattered the founding myth of the so-called peace process with the PLO—that there were “extremists” and "moderates" on both sides.
Caroline B. Glick
Jan. 1, 2024
Israeli Supreme Court president Esther Hayut and fellow justices arrive for a court hearing on petitions demanding the annulment of the appointment of Shas leader Aryeh Deri as a government minister, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, Jan. 5, 2023. Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
Will Israeli democracy survive the court?
An unelected group of ethically challenged, self-selected men and women may rule that Netanyahu must be removed from office.
Caroline B. Glick
Aug. 31, 2023
Anti-overhaul activists block a road during a protest against the government's judicial overhaul near the Knesset in Jerusalem, on July 24, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.
Long-overdue judicial reform process finally underway
Should the newly minted law go into effect, the Israeli Supreme Court will still maintain its authority to rule on petitions and even overturn legislation based on established legal principles.
Alex Traiman
July 24, 2023
Israeli Supreme Court justices hear a petition against the Jewish Nation-State Law at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, Dec. 22, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Hebrew law provides an answer to Israel’s political crisis
Just as a knife sharpens another knife, disagreements make it possible to clarify the opposing positions and reach precise solutions.
Mor Altshuler
April 26, 2023
Israelis show support for judicial reform in Tel Aviv on March 30, 2023. Photo by Erik Marmor/Flash90.
Reform supporters rally outside former Supreme Court chief’s home
The “freedom march” concluded outside the Tel Aviv home of Aharon Barak, whose “Constitutional Revolution” the government is seeking to moderate.
April 20, 2023
Israel Supreme Court in Jerusalem, July 2021. Credit: Igal Vaisman/Shutterstock.
A crisis of judicial proportions explained, Part I: Reforming the Supreme Court
The proclaimed purpose of the reforms is to correct a decades-old imbalance between the powers of Israel’s aggressive and activist high court and the government.
Alex Traiman
March 31, 2023