Law to Cancel the Reasonableness Standard

Vogelman: Reform ruling part of constitutional process, need last Basic Law

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

 Supreme Court justice Uzi Vogelman at the High Court of Justice in Jerusalem, on December 31, 2023
 Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir attends the weekly government conference, held at the Western Wall tunnels in Jerusalem's Old City on May 21, 2023.

Israel's top court rejects petition to remove Ben-Gvir from power

 A FULL PANEL of 15 justices sits for a High Court hearing on the legislation regarding the reasonableness standard, in September.

Israeli legal scholar quests need for striking down reasonableness law

 JUSTICE MINISTER Yariv Levin speaks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset plenum last month. In its decision, the High Court essentially dissolves the Knesset, irrespective of the individuals occupying its seats, the writer argues.

Israel is at a dangerous political junction


Anti-Netanyahu protest message screened on UN HQ in New York

The message was displayed on the eve of the High Court of Justice's hearing on the law to abolish the reasonableness standard and in light of Netanyahu's planned visit to New York City next week.

 An anti-Netanyahu message is displayed on the side of the UN Headquarters in Manhattan a week before his planned visit to New York City.

Israel faces constitutional crisis in historic High Court hearing

High Court Justice Yitzhak Amit: Democracy dies in small steps • Full bench of 15 discusses amendment to Basic Law: The Judiciary

 The High Court hearing of the government's judicial reform reasonableness bill on September 12, 2023

Gantz: I will accept judicial reform compromise 'to save Israeli democracy'

To National Unity leader Benny Gantz, the reason doesn't matter as long as Netanyahu agrees to compromise in good faith.

 National Unity Party leader MK Benny Gantz is seen addressing the Knesset plenum during a discussion regarding the reasonableness standard bill, in Jerusalem, on July 23, 2023.

Judicial reform isn't bad, it will make Israel more like the UK - opinion

The concept of parliamentary sovereignty is fundamental to the UK political system, and chastising Israel for trying to adopt something similar is foolish. 

 BRITISH PRIME MINISTER Rishi Sunak speaks in the House of Commons, last week. Should the current process continue in Israel, it will likely result in a system not too dissimilar from the one in the UK, the writer maintains.

Only three Israeli ministers say they'll respect any High Court ruling

Only Yoav Gallant, Gila Gamliel, and Moshe Arbel said they would respect a ruling by the High Court of Justice.

 HIGH COURT justices hear petitions against the Incapacitation Law.

'Don't overstep': Israel's government issues threat to High Court

Government says High Court looks to assert itself as 'sole sovereign' • New details of President Herzog's judicial reform compromise leaked

 (L-R) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, High Court President Esther Hayut

Israel should split its judicial review of reasonableness - opinion

Should the parties to the litigation challenging the reasonableness standard law agree to a split in the application of the standard of review of reasonableness? If not, should the court impose one?

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu gestures in the Knesset plenum on July 24, as the reasonableness bill was being passed.

A-G to High Court: Strike down judicial reform reasonableness law

The High Court has never struck down a basic law amendment, and it is hotly contested if it has the power to do so.

 ATTORNEY-GENERAL Gali Baharav Miara attends a conference of the Israeli chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), in Tel Aviv, earlier this year.

Rothman looks to ban Israel's top justice from judicial reform hearing

Knesset Legal Advisor Sagit Afik reportedly refused to file the motion, which Rothman sought because she had expressed bias on the matter.

 MK Simcha Rothman at a special committee meeting on the "Deri Law", at the Knesset, the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem, on December 15, 2022.

Israel must strengthen its democracy and escape its dangerous cycle - opinion

Finding a way through the current crisis is a matter of existential urgency which affects the very fabric of Israel and Jewish life.

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference at the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv on April 10, 2023.