Current Events Keeping Up With Our MKs A new law says ‘deport them to Gaza.’ But can it really happen? November 7, 2024 Sherry Oz No Comments A new bill for deportation of terrorist families from Israel was voted into the law books late last night (7 Nov 2024). Under the new legislation, under certain conditions, certain…
Current Events Keeping Up With Our MKs Law for Selecting Judges in Israel Part 3: Historical bill proposals October 6, 2023 Sherry Oz No Comments 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…
Current Events Keeping Up With Our MKs Law for selection of judges in Israel Part 2(b): Amendments to the Courts Law October 6, 2023 Sherry Oz No Comments 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.…
Current Events Keeping Up With Our MKs Law for selection of judges in Israel Part 2(a): Amendments to Basic Law: Judiciary October 6, 2023 Sherry Oz No Comments Amendments to Section 4 of Basic Law: Judiciary is perhaps the most contentious issue regarding reform of the way in which judges are appointed. This particular paragraph delineates members of…
Current Events Keeping Up With Our MKs The Law for Selection of Judges in Israel Part 1: Just so you know what it is about September 21, 2023 Sherry Oz No Comments 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…
Current Events Keeping Up With Our MKs The anti-reform protest reminds me of the Khartoum Resolution July 20, 2023 Sherry Oz No Comments Remember “The Three No’s” of the Khartoum Resolution: No peace with Israel, no recognition of Israel, no negotiations with Israel. That’s what came to mind when I saw a Facebook…
Current Events Keeping Up With Our MKs The Rabbinic Court and Child Support Payments — Really!? July 18, 2023 Sherry Oz No Comments When you cry out that women will be hurt if the coalition successfully passes a bill reversing the Supreme Court order that the Rabbinic Court not handle child support payment…
Current Events Keeping Up With Our MKs Summary of bills before the Knesset in the winter session: III. Bills passed into law May 6, 2023 Sherry Oz No Comments Over the winter session, 28 bills were voted into Law. Many of us heard about the Settlement Law, the Disengagement Law, The Prime Minister Incapacity Bill, The Der’i Law, the…
Current Events Keeping Up With Our MKs Summary of bills before the Knesset by end of winter session: II. 2nd-3rd Readings May 5, 2023 Sherry Oz No Comments This article is the second of a three-part series on bills before the Knesset at the end of the winter session 2023, which ended on 2 April. A summary of…
Current Events Keeping Up With Our MKs Remember this today — and not only on Yom Hazikaron! April 24, 2023 Sherry Oz No Comments Just now, on Galgalatz, there was an episode in the new series “Connecting” in which they reminded listeners that MKs from all parties sit together in the cafeteria, work together…