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Judicial Reform

The Israeli Supreme Court at a hearing on petitions against the "recusal law," Sept. 28, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.

High Court to continue hearing petitions against recusal law

The "recusal law" strictly limits the reasons a prime minister can be ousted as unfit for office. Petitioners against the law say it is a "personal law" meant to protect Benjamin Netanyahu.

October 3, 2023

Israeli Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar speaks during a ceremony in honor of the 75th anniversary of the air strike at the Ad Halom bridge, in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, May 29, 2023. Photo by Flash90.

Israeli Air Force chief to protesting pilots: Return to duty by Oct. 17

The U.S. Air Force is expected to lead a large exercise in Israel at the end of October, which is reportedly why the mid-month date was selected.

October 3, 2023

Opponents of judical reform clash with police during a protest in Tel Aviv, July 11, 2023. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

‘We the People’ begin to speak

In the Israel the left seeks to create, Judaism will be no more than a kitschy accessory.

October 3, 2023

Shalem College. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Daniel Gordis, Shalem College and the Tikvah Fund

Shalem College’s distinguished fellow has been attacking everything its supporters stand for.

October 2, 2023

Eleven Israeli Supreme Court Justices deliberate on a petition related to Palestinian Arabs submitted by HaMoked, among other NGOs. Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash 90.

Israeli High Court holds hearing on ‘recusal law’

Appellants petitioned challenging the "constitutionality" of a Basic Law limiting the court's ability to remove a PM from office.

September 28, 2023

Activists protest against gender segregation (the sign in Hebrew can be translated as“Enough with the sanctification”) in the public space during a prayer on Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, on Sept. 25, 2023. Photo by Itai Ron/Flash90.

The dark side of Israel’s ‘democracy’ debate comes out into the open

The disruption of a public Orthodox prayer service in Tel Aviv on Yom Kippur cannot be excused. But it should be also understood as part of a political and cultural conflict.

Jonathan S. Tobin

September 27, 2023

Chief Justice of Israel's Supreme Court Esther Hayut at the hearing of the government's "reasonableness" law, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, Sept. 12, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Supreme Court’s power waxing as judicial reform falters

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.

September 27, 2023

Anti-overhaul activists protest against the judicial overhaul and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his visit in New York City for the U.N. General Assembly, Sept. 19, 2023. Photos by Luke Tress/Flash90.

Socialist legislators protest Netanyahu during New York visit to UN

The leftist anti-Zionist group Jewish Voice for Peace was among those who organized the event.

September 26, 2023

Activists protest against Israeli judicial reform in New York City on Sept. 20, 2023. Photos: Luke Tress/Flash90

Why do American Jews protest against Israel, but not its enemies?

Is it possible that this is really a protest against Netanyahu personally and Israeli conservatives in general?

September 26, 2023