High Court of Justice

High Court freezes NIS 409m. in coalition funds, releases urgent transfers

Monday’s decision instead narrows the freeze to the coalition funds specifically identified by the court. The temporary order imposed on the remaining transfers on August 5 was lifted.

The nine-member panel at the High Court of Justice looks on as the hearing opens in Jerusalem.
An Israel Police officer standing outside the headquarters of Lahav 433 - The National Crime Unit; illustrative.

High Court blocks new police appointments pending decision on restructuring law

Likud party members are seen at a polling station in Jerusalem on August 17, 2026, as party members vote in the Likud primary elections to determine the party’s Knesset list ahead of the Israeli general elections.

Election Committee approves 159 polling stations in senior facilities, asks High Court to end case

High Court Justice; illustrative.

High Court lifts freeze on NIS 78m. Religious Services funding, keeps broader freeze in place


Levin tells High Court advancing permanent district court appointments not realistic pre-elections

With elections approaching, the window for ordinary appointments is closing quickly.

Justice Minister Yariv Levin, MK Simcha Rothman (Religious Zionist Party), and MK Yulia Malinovsky hold joint press conference in Knesset ahead of upcoming vote on bill to publicly prosecute Oct. 7 terrorists, Sunday May 10, 2026.

Netanyahu asks District Court to cancel testimony in trial due to diplomatic, security matters

Netanyahu’s attorney, Noa Milstein, told the court that, if needed, Netanyahu’s chief of staff could come to the Tel Aviv District Court, or any other place the judges ordered, to explain the matter.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen at a ceremony at Mount Herzl, for the Ethiopian Jews who died while making their way to Israel. May 14, 2026.

High Court gives parties 24 hours to respond after c'tee again clears Gofman for Mossad chief

Senior appointments panel majority says new materials strengthened its support; Grunis says further probe still needed

Mossad Director Maj. Gen. Roman Gofman attends a ceremony marking the lighting of the first Hanukkah candle of the 7th Armored Brigade at the National Library in Jerusalem, on December 14, 2025.

High Court presses state over Galatz closure committee’s prior statements

Justices question whether members of Katz-appointed advisory committee entered Army Radio review with fixed views against station.

ATTORNEYS AND audience members look on at a High Court of Justice hearing on the closure of Army Radio, May 26, 2026.

Second Authority chair, council members ask High Court to reject petitions against appointments

Dr. Yifat Ben Hay-Segev and council members argued that petitions against their appointments are politically driven and legally unfounded.

 High Court hearing on petitions seeking the dismissal of National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, April 15, 2026.

High Court hears petition on soldiers who died by suicide, says mental injury no less than physical

Justices pressed petitioners on whether the Almoz Committee discriminates, saying a broader recognition fight may require a separate legal path.

 Bereaved families, friends and Israeli soldiers visit the graves of fallen soldier during Remembrance Day which commemorates the fallen Israeli soldiers and victims of terror at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on April 30, 2025.

High Court presses Levin to advance district court appointments by Tuesday

Justices focus on Beersheba, Haifa courts as petitioners seek final order before election clock freezes Judicial Selection Committee.

Justice Minister Yariv Levin, Ministers and Mk's attend a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, December 10, 2025.

High Court to hear petitions against Galatz closure as A-G warns of wider threat to free press

The hearing will be held before Justices Dafna Barak-Erez, Alex Stein, and Yechiel Kasher, after a court ordered the government to brief why its decision to shutter the station shouldn't be canceled.

Supreme court justice Alex Stein arrives for a hearing on a petition seeking a conditional order that would require Justice Minister Yariv Levin to cooperate with Supreme Court President Yitzhak Amit in appointing office holders, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, May 20, 2026.

Judicial ombudsman: Supreme Court justices erred by issuing protest rulings on Shabbat

The judicial ombudsman upheld complaints against Supreme Court justices over issuing substantive rulings on Shabbat, saying their conduct harmed public trust and case management.

  Interim Supreme Court Chief Justice Isaac Amit’s was officially appointed permanent chief justice in a ceremony at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem

High Court presses Levin over refusal to work with Supreme Court president Amit

The High Court pressed Justice Minister Yariv Levin over his refusal to cooperate with Supreme Court President Isaac Amit on judicial appointments.

Justice Minister Yariv Levin, Ministers and Mk's attend a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, December 10, 2025.