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.

|ByDAN PERRY
Haredi men dressed in traditional ultra-Orthodox garb stand behind a group of religious IDF soldiers
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen speaking at a memorial ceremony for Ze'ev Jabotinsky on Mount Herzl, in Jerusalem, on July 18, 2023.

Don't change judicial selection process without opposition consensus - editorial

Following the national trauma caused by the passage of the reasonableness clause, can this country truly afford an even greater upheaval if the judicial selection process is changed?

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a 40 signatures debate, at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 26, 2023.

How Netanyahu dropping override clause changes Israel's judicial reform - analysis

The dropping of the override clause is an interesting development but is not a game changer for the anti-reform experts, NGOs and politicians.

|ByMICHAEL STARR
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, 25 June 2023.

Netanyahu: I threw override clause out of Israel's judicial reform

"I'm attentive to the public pulse, and to what I think will pass muster," Netanyahu said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal.

|ByELIAV BREUER

Israel now driving on the road to hell with new gov't - opinion

The delicate edifice of Israel’s Jewish democratic state is about to be torched to the ground, and the pushback will be furious.

NOVEMBER 28, 2022ByDAN PERRY
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, in his first term as prime minister, shakes hands with then-PA head Yasser Arafat at the Middle East peace summit at Wye River, Maryland, 1998. Netanyahu, with the aid of Palestinian terrorists, helped scuttle the Oslo Accords, says the writer.

New Likud MK: I ignore decisions by the High Court

Incoming MK Tali Gottlieb stressed that an Override Clause is irrelevant as the High Court has no authority to invalidate laws.

NOVEMBER 8, 2022ByTZVI JOFFRE
HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE President Esther Hayut hears a petition at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem

Ultra-Orthodox parties to thwart High Court override bill

Likud MK and coalition chair Miki Zohar has stated that he would recommend PM Netanyahu support opposition bill to institute Knesset override of High Court decisions, threatening new coalition crisis

AUGUST 2, 2020ByJEREMY SHARON
Shas leader Arye Deri (right) and UTJ leader Ya'acov Litzman (far left) attend a meeting in Jerusalem.

Bennett vows to rein in Supreme Court, deport migrants

“The problems in south Tel Aviv are only increasing,” Bennett said during a visit to the area on Thursday. “Whoever thought the battle for the override clause is over should think again."

MAY 24, 2018ByLAHAV HARKOV
Naftali Bennett (L) with anti-migrant activist Sheffi Paz (R)