Judicial Reform

Shimon Shetreet: Israeli gov't wants to change judiciary to give prime minister 'total power'

The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Tamar Uriel-Beeri, Eve Young, and Eliav Breuer

Israel's security is America's security. Americans should not ignore that

American regional security depends on Israel transforming its tactical victories against Hamas. The last thing Israel needs is internal strife that contributes to regional destabilization.

Reporter's Notebook: After Shin Bet embarrassment, Eli Sharvit will sail away unscathed

Sharvit will sail through this choppy water and emerge unscathed. • It is less clear if those responsible for the rescinded offer end the same.

By ORI LEWIS
02/04/2025
Then-Israel Navy chief, V.-Adm. Eli Sharvit speaks at a ceremony in Mount Herzl military cemetery

Can Netanyahu's outsider pick for Shin Bet restore public trust in agency?

If Sharvit does not get the job, it will not be the first time that participation in an anti-judicial reform demonstration hurt a rising career trajectory in a position near the prime minister.

31/03/2025
 Israelis clash with police during a protest in Jerusalem, March 20, 2025

No choices, only chaos: Israel needs an opposition, not an uprising

Right now, Israel’s opposition generates nothing but upheaval at a time when unity is paramount. They offer no choice, only chaos.

Israel's never-ending protests: Why anti-gov't demonstrations should surprise no one

Israel has been gripped by protests since 2021, and it’s stayed that way since then. Unless the core issues behind them - distrust in Benjamin Netanyahu - are dealt with, the protests will continue.

Lawmakers demand answers from NGOs over alleged Biden funding for Israel protests

The probe was revealed in a letter dispatched by Reps. Jim Jordan and Brian Mast to the six NGOs in question.

JUSTICE MINISTER Yariv Levin addresses the Knesset plenum earlier this month. Social solidarity – in

Reviving the judicial reform: Israeli leadership sows divisions and refuses to learn

As many hostage families, bereaved families, and their supporters pointed out on Thursday and over this past week, if we’re going back to October 6, 2023, can we get our loved ones back, too?

Israel opened 'gates of hell' on hostages with war return, former Mossad chief says

"The gates of hell might have opened on the Gazans, but for sure they have opened on the 59 hostages, and there is no savior."

Ex-deputy chief justice: ICC, UN clapping over gov’t tearing down judicial independence

"We are a democracy, but with the situation now, we are doing an injustice to this term, this was a knife in the back of democracy.”

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