Justice

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.
Supreme Court Justice Daphne Barak-Erez at a hearing on a petition against the appointment of Roman Gofman as the next head of the Mossad at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, May 12, 2026; illustrative.

High Court orders classified Gofman affidavit transferred to relevant respondents

Minister of Justice Yariv Levin attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, November 19, 2025.

High Court gives Levin until Thursday to say when he will convene Judicial Selection Committee

POLICE OFFICERS clash with protesters in Jerusalem.

When the police violate the law, thank the Supreme Court - opinion


High Court cancels hearing on firing of A-G Baharav-Miara after gov’t fails to send representatives

Supreme Court President Isaac Amit announced from the bench that the justices would issue their ruling based solely on the written material.

 ATTORNEY-GENERAL Gali Baharav-Miara.

UK plans justice overhaul to prioritize victims by cutting court delays

The UK government will propose reforms to modernize courts and speed up trials, addressing nearly 80,000 delayed cases and putting victims “front and centre” of the justice system.

 British Foreign Secretary David Lammy walks along Downing Street on the day British Prime Minister Keir Starmer held an emergency meeting to discuss the Israel-Iran conflict, June 18, 2025.

The MAG affair: When legal power becomes a threat to democracy - opinion

What makes the actions of the military advocate-general and her officers so serious is their use of criminal mechanisms to interfere in and manipulate public discourse.

FORMER IDF advocate-general Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi is released to house arrest, outside the Neve Tirtza Women’s Prison in Ramle, on Friday. The liberal camp must resist the urge to attempt to downplay the severity of her actions, the writer argues.

Qatargate: Urich's attorneys accuse State Attorney of violating their client's 'fundamental rights'

According to Urich’s attorneys, their client has not received investigation materials and evidence prior to his hearing, two fundamental rights in the Israeli legal system.

Yonatan Urich who was arrested in the so-called Qatargate investigation arrives for a court hearing the court in Lod, August 19, 2025.

Slip and Fall in the Gig Economy: Who Bears Responsibility?

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Amplifying Elie Wiesel’s moral voice: We cannot be silent onlookers

We cannot accept injustice and the suffering of others as any kind of norm.

Elie Wiesel stands in front of a photo of himself (bottom right-hand corner) and other inmates taken at the Buchenwald concentration camp in 1945, during his 1986 visit to Yad Vashem in Jerusalem.

Parashat Ki Teitzei: The hidden enemy and the open enemy

In these days of mercy and forgiveness, on the eve of Rosh Hashanah, it is fitting to engage in soul-searching regarding our honesty in financial matters

The Torah reserves ‘abomination of the Lord’ precisely for this form of dishonesty.

Investigators believe Russia at least partially responsible for US court records hack

The hackers are believed to have accessed sensitive records containing the names of people and sources involved in national security crimes.

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The rise of federal clemency and second chances in the U.S. justice system


Voices must be raised on Amiram Ben-Uliel's behalf - opinion

With the exposure of the Shin Bet Jewish Department, the time is right for seeking justice for him.

 AMIRAM BEN-ULIEL is brought into court to hear the verdict in his case in 2020. He was found guilty of murder; an appeal for retrial was subsequently denied, the writer notes.