Israel's reasonableness standard law takes effect amid protests
Israel begins to see economic ramifications of judicial reform • High Court hearing on new bill set for after summer recess
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sits between Justice Minister Yariv Levin and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant at the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem July 24, 2023(photo credit: REUTERS/AMIR COHEN)
What is the next stage of the Israeli government's judicial reform?
The next bill that the coalition will likely promote is on the Judicial Selection Committee, perhaps the most contentious issue of judicial reform.
ByMICHAEL STARR Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, 25 June 2023.(photo credit: ABIR SULTAN/POOL/VIA REUTERS)Go to the full article > >
High Court to set reasonableness law petition hearing after court recess
Israeli nuclear scientists considering resigning over judicial reform - report
As per the report, any decision by the dozens of scientists is unlikely to be taken as a united group, but rather as individuals.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF View of the Israeli nuclear reactor located in the Sorek valley in the Judean hills, December 15, 2011(photo credit: YAAKOV NAUMI/FLASH90)Go to the full article > >
The Bat Yam Labor Court ordered doctors to return to work at the Health Ministry’s request.
ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH DOCTORS ON their way into an emergency room: A growing shortage of doctors threatens to become a major problem in the Jewish state. (photo credit: MOSHE SHAI/FLASH90)Go to the full article > >
'Israel’s high uncertainty is killing business.'
The CEO of one of Israel’s largest IT companies, Aman Group, explains what businesses are planning to do in case the local economy plummets.
ByZACHY HENNESSEY WORKERS FROM the hi-tech sector protest against the proposed changes to the legal system, in Tel Aviv, on Tuesday.(photo credit: TOMER NEUBERG/FLASH90)Go to the full article > >
Israel’s credit rating lowered by Morgan Stanley, Moody’s to announce change
Citibank and Morgan Stanley warned of instability in Israel in light of the approval of the reasonableness standard law.
ByZACHY HENNESSEY View of screens showing falling stocks at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, in the center of Tel Aviv, December 23, 2018.(photo credit: MIRIAM ALSTER/FLASH90)Go to the full article > >
Former Israeli security chief tells Gallant: Stop playing games and resign
Former police chief Moshe Karadi also called Itamar Ben-Gvir "a criminal in his very essence; he does things that don't even have a drop of humanity. He isn't a human being."
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFFDefense Minister Yoav Gallant attends a recognition ceremony for the IDF reserve soldiers, in the Israeli parliament on June 13, 2023. (photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)Go to the full article > >
Israel's Bar joins barrage of High Court petitions against new law
The purpose of the law, the Bar contended, was to "immunize" the heads of the executive authority from acting within the bounds of reason.
The Knesset passed the bill to cancel the reasonableness standard into law on Monday, marking the first part of the government’s contentious judicial reform to pass into law
