A movement against the government’s judicial overhaul plan is a grass-roots affair spread by word of mouth and WhatsApp messaging groups.
Tag: Courts and the Judiciary
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An Effort to Resolve Israel’s Impasse Stalls on How to Pick Judges
Mediators say the government and its opponents agree on some changes to a judiciary overhaul plan that has divided the country. But the process of appointing new judges remains a major obstacle.
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Israeli Government Rejects President’s Judicial Compromise
President Isaac Herzog presented an outline he had hoped would calm the country and avert a constitutional crisis, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu immediately rejected the framework.
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Judge in Abortion Pill Case Set Hearing but Sought to Delay Telling the Public
Saying he wanted safe and orderly proceedings, Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk asked lawyers not to disclose the hearing and planned to add it to the public case file only the evening before.
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Israel Judicial Overhaul: What Led to Protests of Netanyahu’s Plan
Israeli society is locked in a deep dispute over the future of its judiciary and democracy. The conflict is rooted in shifts of the last three decades.