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Knesset gives government greater control over judicial appointments

The Israeli Knesset passed legislation changing the makeup of a committee responsible for appointing the country’s judges as opposition...

Justice Yitzhak Amit appointed Supreme Court President, ending 15-month stalemate

Ending a 15-month stalemate, Israel’s Judicial Appointments Committee selected Justice Yitzhak Amit as President of the Supreme Court on...

Israeli Justice Minister threatens to renew contentious judicial overhaul initiative

Raising the spectre of a constitutional crisis, Israeli Justice Minister Yariv Levin threatened to renew a judicial overhaul stalled...

Israeli High Court battles Justice Minister over judicial selection committee

The government requested on Thursday that the High Court of Justice cancel the injunction it published earlier in the...

Protests grip Israel ahead of judicial reform ruling

There have been renewed protests in Israel on the day before an eagerly awaited court hearing on the government's...

Netanyahu: Herzog’s judicial reform proposal perpetuates imbalance of power

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a judicial compromise proposal presented on Wednesday night by President Isaac Herzog during...

Netanyahu: Claims judicial reform will end Israel’s democracy are ‘baseless’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected as “baseless” claims by critics that his government’s proposed judicial reforms...

Netanyahu ally Yariv Levin appointed temporary Knesset speaker

Likud MK Yariv Levin, a close associate of Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu, has been elected temporary Speaker of the...