Simcha Rothman

Knesset approves first reading of bill to make Police Investigation Department independent

The Knesset has approved a bill to make the Police Investigation Department independent from the State Prosecutor's Office, ensuring unbiased investigations.

|ByJAMES GENN
Justice Minister Yariv Levin (R) speaks with MK Simcha Rothman (L) at the Knesset, November 26, 2025; illustrative.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a 40 signatures debate, at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 5, 2026.

Coalition advances bill repealing fraud, breach of trust offenses amid Netanyahu trial

Netanyahu was indicted in 2020 on charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust in three cases known as Cases 1000, 2000, and 4000.

|ByKESHET NEEV, SARAH BEN-NUN
Attorney general Gali Baharav-Miara at a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset, in the Israeli parliament on September 30, 2025.

Baharav-Miara: Proposals to split A-G role would damage rule of law and democracy

A-G Gali Baharav-Miara warns that splitting her office would turn legal authorities into "private lawyers" and "harm the foundations of the regime, the rule of law, and human rights."

|BySARAH BEN-NUN, KESHET NEEV
Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, who resigned as IDF Military Advocate General on October 31, pictured on September 18, 2025 in Jerusalem.

Israeli opposition voices support for IDF attorney's departure after right wing push

Leaders across Israel’s political spectrum, from Lapid and Gantz to Ben-Gvir and Smotrich, responded to IDF legal chief Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi’s resignation.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Christian leader: Rally for Israel in streets, stop political correctness

The Knesset Christian Allies Caucus celebrates its 20th-anniversary at an event in the Knesset

JANUARY 24, 2024ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
MK Sharren Haskel, co-chair of the Knesset Christian Allies Caucus, speak at the caucus anniversary event on January 23, 2024.

Leaked High Court verdict shows intent to overturn judicial reform law

The Supreme Court responded to N12 reporter Amit Segal's report, stating that it views any leaks of the ruling with "great severity," adding that the verdict has not yet been finalized.

DECEMBER 27, 2023ByTAL SPUNGIN
The High Court hearing of the government's judicial reform reasonableness bill on September 12, 2023

Coalition will not accept concessions for Israel-Saudi peace, lawmakers warn

The co-chairs of the Land of Israel Caucus expressed optimism over the diplomatic progress made with Saudi Arabia, but warned Israel will not cede its rights.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Knesset Land of Israel Caucus co-chairs Yuli Edelstein, Simcha Rothman, and Limor Son-Har Melech on a tour in the West Bank.

Israel's future dystopia: Will democracy be replaced by electocracy? - opinion

Simcha Rothman’s dystopic vision proposes total domination of the elected, from Election Day to Election Day, no matter how slim the majority, no matter how strong the “con” polls are.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023ByGIL TROY
ANTI-JUDICIAL overhaul demonstrators protest at Ben-Gurion Airport as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flies to the US, earlier this week. Netanyahu disparaged demonstrators as ‘joining forces with the PLO, Iran, and others.’

50 Influential Jews: Yariv Levin and Simcha Rothman - No. 5

The Justice Minister and the Knesset Law Committee Chairman are the faces of the judicial reforms. They are not giving up.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee chairman MK Simcha Rothman and Justice Minister Yariv Levin.

Netanyahu and the coalition want unlimited power - opinion

Coalition members promote a French-style, popular sovereignty version of democracy, which replaced the absolute authority of the king with the absolute authority of the legislature.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023ByDAVID RICCI
THE PROBLEM with Knesset Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee chair Simcha Rothman’s presentation to the High Court is that he said nothing about judicial review, the writer argues.

Historic High Court hearing held on judicial reform law

The over 12-hour hearing is the culmination of a year of political and legal turmoil for Israel over the first judicial reform legislation to pass into law.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
High Court of Justice President Esther Hayut and the other Supreme Court justices are seen at a hearing over petitions against the reasonableness standard law, in Jerusalem, on September 12, 2023.

Rothman: Justices are 'privileged elites,' overruling Israeli democracy

Speaking at the historic High Court hearing on Tuesday, Rothman argued the court was overruling the democratic will of the people to choose their elected officials.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
MK Simcha Rothman seen at the High Court hearing of the government's judicial reform reasonableness bill on September 12, 2023

Israel's High Court rejects Rothman appeal to disqualify top justice

Rothman had appealed to the court on Monday as one of the respondents to the eight petitions against the judicial reform law.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
MK Simcha Rothman at a special committee meeting on the "Deri Law", at the Knesset, the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem, on December 15, 2022.

Religious Zionist MK to advance bill greatly limiting migration into Israel

If the bill is to pass, Israel would have a set annual quota for people gaining refugee status in the country.

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023ByARIELLA MARSDEN
Eritrean asylum seekers who oppose the regime in Eritrea protest outside a conference of regime supporters in south Tel Aviv, September 2, 2023