high court Archives – J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/tag/high-court/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Fri, 17 Apr 2026 02:09:47 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 6446428 Court rules NZ Super Fund policy unlawful — but stops short of ordering divestment https://www.jwire.com.au/court-rules-nz-super-fund-policy-unlawful-but-stops-short-of-ordering-divestment/ https://www.jwire.com.au/court-rules-nz-super-fund-policy-unlawful-but-stops-short-of-ordering-divestment/#respond Fri, 17 Apr 2026 02:09:47 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=179853 A New Zealand High Court ruling on the country’s sovereign wealth fund has found its ethical investment framework unlawful, but stopped short of requiring divestment from companies linked to Israeli settlement activity. The case challenged decisions by the New Zealand Superannuation Fund to retain investments in four companies — Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia and Motorola Solutions […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/court-rules-nz-super-fund-policy-unlawful-but-stops-short-of-ordering-divestment/feed/ 0 179853 Knesset advances bill cementing Orthodox control of Western Wall https://www.jwire.com.au/knesset-advances-bill-cementing-orthodox-control-of-western-wall/ https://www.jwire.com.au/knesset-advances-bill-cementing-orthodox-control-of-western-wall/#respond Fri, 27 Feb 2026 05:15:26 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=178054 Israel’s Knesset has advanced controversial legislation that would place prayer arrangements at the Western Wall under the exclusive control of the ultra-Orthodox Chief Rabbinate, prompting a sharp response from mixed-gender non-Orthodox Jewish leaders in Israel and abroad. Lawmakers approved the bill in a preliminary reading on Wednesday by 56 votes to 47. The proposal, sponsored […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/knesset-advances-bill-cementing-orthodox-control-of-western-wall/feed/ 0 178054 Unprecedented High Court hearing on Palestinian terror payments ends in uproar https://www.jwire.com.au/unprecedented-high-court-hearing-on-palestinian-terror-payments-ends-in-uproar/ https://www.jwire.com.au/unprecedented-high-court-hearing-on-palestinian-terror-payments-ends-in-uproar/#respond Sun, 04 Aug 2024 22:02:59 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=160911 A hearing at Israel’s High Court of Justice over the Palestinian Authority’s standing to petition the court ended abruptly on Sunday as terror victims raucously called on the PA’s lawyer to acknowledge Ramallah’s controversial “pay for slay stipends” to imprisoned terrorists. The court was hearing an unprecedented petition filed by the PA seeking to overturn Knesset […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/unprecedented-high-court-hearing-on-palestinian-terror-payments-ends-in-uproar/feed/ 0 160911 Dangerous times, and they are of our own making https://www.jwire.com.au/dangerous-times-and-they-are-of-our-own-making/ https://www.jwire.com.au/dangerous-times-and-they-are-of-our-own-making/#respond Thu, 23 Feb 2023 22:37:09 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=145098 I can’t recall having seen such a tumultuous first 60 days of any new Israeli government. Ironically, after numerous inconclusive election results, which at the time were described as causing instability, the current situation with a majority coalition has seen instability increase. The demonstrations are indeed large but not unprecedented. In 1982, for example, when […]

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