Legal reforms

Where terror meets the rule of law

Led by Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, Shurat Hadin is using lawsuits and international legal pressure to hold terror groups and their sponsors accountable

|ByALAN ROSENBAUM, IN COOPERATION WITH SHURAT HADIN
Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, Shurat HaDin president: ‘If all the democratic states could wage financial war against terror regimes, they could eliminate evil from the world.’
High Court Justice Daphne Barak-Erez arrives for a hearing on petitions calling to halt or substantially limit State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman’s investigations into the failures surrounding the Hamas's October 7 massacre, December 29, 2025; illustrative.

Israel legal gatekeepers must be careful not to overreach - opinion

At a time when the government has declared war on the legal establishment and the rule of law, this system must indeed act with resolve – but also with judgment and restraint. 

|BySHUKI FRIEDMAN
Attorney general Gali Baharav-Miara at a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset, in the Israeli parliament on September 30, 2025.

High Court of Justice nullifies govt’s dismissal of attorney-general, Baharav-Miara to remain

The court ruled that the decision was procedurally flawed and legally untenable, and that both the revision of the term-ending process and the subsequent dismissal were void. 

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG addresses the Knesset plenum at the opening of the winter session on October 20, 2025.

Israel needs real reform, not a lower electoral threshold - opinion

Lowering the electoral threshold is not intended to bring new voices into the Knesset but only to assist those who are already there.

|ByASAF HEIMAN

Scenes from the streets: Protests engulf Israel for second day in a row

As the government prepares to vote on the first piece of judicial reform legislation, take a look at some of the highlights of Monday's events as they develop:

JULY 24, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A man cuddles a boy in a tent erected in demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nationalist coalition government's judicial overhaul near the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem July 24, 2023.

A-G opposes judicial reform bill, says it restricts reasonableness doctrine

Another Likud private bill would reduce the powers of government legal advisors.

JUNE 26, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
Deputy Attorney General Gil Limon attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting on the planned judicial reform, at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on June 25, 2023.

Simcha Rothman to protesters: You lack intellect so resort to bullying

Israeli MK Simcha Rothman addressed the crowds of protesters both inside and outside of his appearance at Tel Aviv University on Sunday morning.

MAY 28, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Hundreds demonstrate against Constitution, Law and Justice Committee chair Simcha Rothman as he attends an event at Tel Aviv University, May 28, 2023.

Israel's judicial overhaul: Resuscitation efforts needed

INSIDE POLITICS: For the time being, the supposedly moribund judicial reform is in limbo as President Isaac Herzog’s compromise talks continue.

MAY 19, 2023ByTAL SHALEV
A close-up of people protesting against the judicial overhaul plan in Tel Aviv on April 29.

Erdan denies he was ousted as communications minister over Elovitch complaints to Netanyahu

When the prosecution asked if Erdan was concerned about the continuation of the reforms after his tenure as communications minister, he said that he was, but that it fell in line with other policies

MAY 15, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan addresses the United Nations Security Council, February 20, 2023.

Neither side wants judicial reform conversation to return to Knesset

INSIDE POLITICS: The No. 1 priority on the coalition’s to-do list is to pass the 2023-2024 state budget by the end of May.

APRIL 28, 2023ByTAL SHALEV
THE KNESSET will return to session next week amid the temporary freeze in the judicial reform legislation.

16 weeks in a row: Judicial reform protesters gather across Israel

The protests have continued despite the temporary halt of the judicial reform legislation Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared at the end of March.

APRIL 22, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israelis demonstrate against the judicial reform in Tel Aviv for the 16th week in a row on April 22, 2023.

Coalition will not advance judicial overhaul during the month of May – report

The government will first focus on passing the national budget before returning to focus on judicial reform legislation.

APRIL 13, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and members of his coalition are deep in discussion in the Knesset this week.

In Tennessee, guns are winning and children are losing - opinion

Even common-sense reforms like red flag laws, background checks, raising the minimum age for gun purchases and assault rifle bans are apparently too radical.

APRIL 13, 2023ByDOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD
PROTESTERS GATHER outside the Tennessee State Capitol to call for an end to gun violence and stronger gun laws, after a deadly shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville, last month.

Tens of thousands protest judicial reform for 13th consecutive week

Netanyahu's former chief of staff was seen at the Tel Aviv judicial reform protests, along with opposition politicians and Netanyahu's cousin.

APRIL 1, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, MICHAEL STARR
Demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nationalist coalition government's judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv