Override clause
Israel's ultra-Orthodox status quo is unsustainable - opinion
This cannot and should not continue. Long-term yeshiva study should be for true sages, not all haredim.
Don't change judicial selection process without opposition consensus - editorial
How Netanyahu dropping override clause changes Israel's judicial reform - analysis
Netanyahu: I threw override clause out of Israel's judicial reform
What are the 4 components of Israel's judicial reform? - opinion
The proposal does not deal with many issues that remain to be corrected but the government emphasizes that it will introduce additional components of the reform in the future.
Grapevine January 27, 2023: That extra input
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
Judicial reforms could make Israel a 'haven for corruption' - MK
MK Orit Farkash-Hacohen said the judicial reforms are worrying due to the lack of professionalism and how it threatens to destabilize Israel's checks and balances.
Israel copying Canada's override clause? 'Misleading' says Irwin Cotler
Though the clause may appear attractive, it comes with implications.
Israel judicial reforms: Who are the Black Robes, what is their goal? -interview
The Black Robes were founded in 2019 to protest the first proposal of an Israeli Override Clause. Now they're back to protest Yariv Levin's judicial reforms.
My Word: Legal reform, trial and errors
Demonstrators took to the streets – and more seriously, tried to block main highways – with declarations that the reform was a “coup d’état.” Is this as dangerous as the reforms?
Hardening or softening of judicial reforms? Rothman presents changes to plan
Israeli government legal adviser Gur Bligh said that further documents would be represented on the reform in the coming week.
For the glory of Netanyahu: Israel will become an illiberal democracy - opinion
Israel will become a kleptocracy, in which the never-ending array of public figures convicted, or under investigation, for corruption and malfeasance, become the norm.
Dershowitz: High Court an 'Iron Dome' that protects IDF soldiers from ICC
Alan Dershowitz, Professor of Law, Emeritus at Harvard University offers insight on how to reach compromise on the judicial reforms and whether Israeli democracy is truly in danger.
With no constitution, an override clause is Israel's only hope - opinion
The override clause is a compromise between the British model of parliamentary supremacy and the constitutional model. It will strengthen, not harm, Israel's democracy.
