Judiciary

"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.”

Without regard to Gideon Sa'ar, dropping the basic laws aspect of the compromise is a mega event.

The question is: which voices deserve our attention and amplification?

So far, the Knesset Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee has rejected 2,700 out of 70,000 objections. The coalition enjoys a majority in the committee.

A-G warns that the proposed judicial selection reform prioritizes politics over professionalism, risking judicial independence and altering the balance of Israel’s legal system.

How will the government’s proposal politicize the judicial watchdog appointment?

The incoming president of the Supreme Court could raise the flag of compromise in the form of the victor’s outstretched hand and allow Levin’s candidate to be appointed to the court.

Israel has been without a chief justice since October 2023, when former chief justice Esther Hayut’s tenure ended.

The judges' trip included an exploration of International Humanitarian Law and the laws of war from the Israeli perspective.

Acting Supreme Court president Uzi Vogelman called to permanently fill the top justice position.