There may be nobody fiercer than Israelis in our loud and vicious opposition to each other when we disagree. And, thankfully, there is nobody fiercer than Israelis when we are targeted for destruction by our enemies. And amidst the horrors we began to see yesterday — 7 October — Shabbat, Simchat Torah — we had…
In this article, I provide a description of the bills relevant to judicial appointments that were tabled over the decades, beginning in 1984. For clarity, I will first list the differences between the previous law for judge selection that was just amended in the Knesset and the new amended law as it past second and…
Here I present the second subsection of amendments related to judicial selection laws as they stand now, after having gone through the Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee of the Knesset. Amendments to Basic Law: Judiciary are outlined in Part 2(a) of this series and this article presents the amendments to the Courts Law and other…
Is the composition of the SC panel of judges about to be tampered with? Is this another stage in the volcanic upheaval in the judiciary, referred to as a regime change by those who oppose it? The Reasonableness Clause was passed and is being challenged in the Supreme Court (SC), and next “up on the…
Shoshana Netanyahu was a Supreme Court (SC) judge between 1981and 1993. Her parting gift to the nation upon retirement was an article called “The Supreme Court of Israel: A Safeguard of the Rule of Law.” I believe it is of interest to see what was being written academically at the time the changes were being…
Nine-year-old Usaid Arshid is my choice. His father is runner-up. I met them in Rahat last year when I was watching the Rahat Marathon. I was charmed by Usaid and amazed by his father. We don’t usually name a man or woman of the year for the Jewish New Year, but when Hamid Arshid called…
Almost an hour ago, the session in the Supreme Court hearing arguments for and against the Reasonableness Clause, an amendment to Basic Law:Judiciary began. The proceedings are televised and each network station will add their own interpretations and opinions regarding what is happening before us in what has been called a most historic event. Why…
“Friends of Givat Haviva,” like most organizations today, sends out email newsletters to subscribers. Subscribers can be those who are already in agreement with the organization’s ideology, who are open to being persuaded to agree with their ideology, or those who like to keep up with what organizations with whom they disagree are saying and…
In an email to subscribers, Friends of Givat Haviva wrote that the recent long-lasting anti-judicial reform protests have brought out “unprecedented levels” of police violence against demonstrators. Haaretz has multiple articles referring to police violence, such as the latest entitled: Netanyahu’s Judicial Coup | Israelis Rally for 31st Week Amid Knesset Hiatus and Record Police Violence. Times…
Israel’s elected representatives wasted over 40 hours in a filibuster of proportions previously unknown in this country. The document that concretizes and enshrines this travesty, this cynical manipulation of accepted Knesset protocol, is permanently available on the Knesset website. On Wednesday, July 19, the Knesset Law Committee voted for the second time on the 27655…
End of content
End of content