Basic Law
Ministerial committee approves Torah Study bill amid coalition tensions
Netanyahu’s coalition advances the Torah Study law, despite opposition and warnings that the bill could worsen draft evasion amid Israel’s manpower shortage.
Deri says Shas supports draft evaders during prison visit, calls to add Torah study to Basic Law
Israel's new death penalty law marks moral break, sparks discrimination fears, expert says
Chaos of October 7: What any inquiry must uncover - opinion
Limits to Basic Law
When basic laws are easily amended, where the legislature is composed of a single chamber, with government dominance in the legislation, there is a greater fear for abuse of constituent power.
Druze officials ask High Court to strike Jewish nation-state law
"The law transforms the country’s Druze population and other minorities, including Arabs, into second-class citizens"
Smotrich to ‘Post’: Elkin’s plan is one step before dividing Jerusalem
The plan now faces hurdles in light of changes to Basic Law: Jerusalem.
Analysis: What everyone is getting wrong about the new Jerusalem Law
The bill is far more likely to be used to break off east Jerusalem villages from the capital than to actually block a peace treaty.
Government says it will push Jewish nation-state bill for first vote soon
Likud MK Amir Ohana, who heads the legislative committee working on the bill, told a meeting of coalition heads that the first reading is expected to take place in the next few weeks.
Bill that would hinder negotiating Jerusalem’s borders goes to final vote
The legislation, an amendment to Basic Law: Jerusalem, would raise the number of MKs needed to give up Israeli sovereignty over any part of Jerusalem to 80 MKs, two-thirds of the Knesset.
Shaked: Nation-state bill won’t put Jewish above democratic
There are several iterations of the proposed Basic Law: The State of Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People, but all declare Israel to be the nation-state of the Jewish People.