Posts Tagged: Israeli Supreme Court
Israeli Forces Evict Settlers in West Bank Land Dispute Case
Israeli security forces on Tuesday began evicting Jewish settlers from 15 homes which Israel's highest court ruled were built illegally on privately-owned Palestinian land in the...
Why We Must Restrain Israel’s Supreme Court
Democracy is based on checks and balances between three branches of government: executive, legislative, and judicial. For many years, however, the delicate balance between the legislative and...
Israel Abandons Plan to Forcibly Deport African Migrants
The Israeli government said on Tuesday it was abandoning a plan to forcibly deport African migrants who entered the country illegally. The government had been working for...
Two New Justices Named to Israel’s Supreme Court
JNS.org - Two new Israeli Supreme Court justices were confirmed by Israel’s judiciary committee this week. Alex Stein, a professor at Brooklyn Law school in New...
Ex-Israeli Supreme Court President: World Is Learning From Jewish State About Protecting Human Rights During Times of Terror
The Jewish state is a global human rights leader that is serving as an example to others as terrorism continues to plague the world, a...
International Legal Expert: Widespread Global Criticism of Settlement ‘Regulation Law’ Passed by Knesset Is Unwarranted
The widespread global criticism of the settlement “Regulation Law” passed by the Israeli parliament earlier this week is unwarranted, an international legal expert told The Algemeiner on...
Amona — A Strategic Defeat for Zionism
"To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to the written law, would be to lose the law itself, with life, liberty, property and all...
Palestinian Hunger-Strikers Sneaking Food, Says Hospital Official in Letter to Israeli Supreme Court
The deputy director of Assaf HaRofeh Medical Center near Tel Aviv suspects that Palestinian prisoners on a hunger-strike under his watch are actually sneaking sustenance, the Hebrew...
Swedish Group ‘Ship to Gaza’ Demands Israel Repair Boat
JNS.org - The Swedish organization, Ship to Gaza, on Monday said it will demand that Israel repair the ship "Estelle," following the Israeli Supreme Court's ruling that Israel...
The Rule of Law or the Rule of Lawyers?
To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to the written law, would be to lose the law itself, with life, liberty, property and all...
Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert’s Prison Sentence Reduced to 18 Months
JNS.org - Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who was convicted of bribery in 2014 over the Holyland corruption scandal, was sentenced to 18 months in prison...
Meet the Israeli Lawyer Who Fights ISIS Terrorism in Court
Newsweek - In 1995, while a law student at Israel's Bar-Ilan University, Nitsana Darshan-Leitner and fellow law students were incensed that Muhammad Abbas, one of...
A Familiar Plague Infests Israel
Last week 43 Israeli soldiers from Unit 8200 of the IDF Intelligence Corps sent a letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu and Chief of Staff Lt....
Israeli Supreme Court Says Ehud Olmert Previous Partial Acquittal Must be Revisited
JNS.org - Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert's partial acquittal in his first corruption trial may be overturned as a result of a Supreme...
