Justice ministry
Former A-G Mandelblit says he wanted key actions reviewed, but not every police step
“There were things I did not approve, including serious things,” Mandelblit told the Jerusalem District Court.
Education Min. violated privacy law in leak exposing 21,000 special education students, court finds
Likud rejects Otzma Yehudit's Ben-Gvir's push for Defense Ministry, Justice Ministry for Gotliv
Legal aid caseload reaches 154,552 files as debt, family disputes dominate report
High Court freezes key provisions of law restructuring police investigations unit
Court President Isaac Amit and Justice Dafna Barak-Erez issued the interim order in a 2-1 decision. Deputy Supreme Court President Noam Sohlberg dissented.
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.
'I should be justice minister': Tally Gotliv blames party machinery after Likud primary slide
Later, she called on Netanyahu to intervene in the composition of the party list, criticizing the lack of women on the primary list.
Attorney-general asks High Court to block PID appointments until after October elections
The court is considering several petitions against a law passed in June that removes PID from the State Attorney’s Office and places it more directly under the Justice Ministry.
Prosecutors signal indictment over vandalism attacks on Justice Ministry, Israeli media outlets
The suspect, in his 40s, was arrested on July 30 following a weeks-long investigation. Police linked him to attacks on buildings housing Channel 12, Haaretz, Israel Hayom, and the Justice Ministry.
Lahav 433 questions figure close to senior Likud circles over alleged concealment of assets
The investigation was conducted jointly by the Lahav 433 National Economic Crime Unit and the Justice Ministry’s insolvency enforcement unit.
Government tells High Court draft arrests risk civil war, says case outcome 'known in advance'
“Israel needs haredi recruits, not haredi detainees,” the government said, arguing that arrests of yeshiva students could reverse a gradual increase in enlistment and risk civil war.
A-G asks High Court to freeze law separating police investigations unit from prosecution
The A-G warned that the law would create a “political prosecution unit” capable of intimidating police officers, investigators, prosecutors and journalists.
High Court temporarily freezes parts of Shlomo Karhi's broadcasting reform as petitions grow
Justice Grosskopf said the petitions raised “weighty claims” regarding both the way the law was enacted and certain arrangements it established or abolished.
High Court names nine-justice panel to hear petitions on law halting arrest of haredi draft dodgers
The dispute comes after a succession of increasingly forceful High Court judgments on inequality in military service and the government’s failure to enforce the existing draft law.
