The Courts

Many Arab Muslim scholars disagree with women's qualification to be Qadis.

Shaked is spearheading several concurrent moves, all of which have provided the context for a proposed bill to deprive the Supreme Court members of the Judicial Appointments Commission of their veto power over candidates.

Natan Sharansky joined the parents and spouses of political prisoners in asking the U.S. Congress to speak of their loved ones during meetings with...

Former PM Olmert requested a pardon to eliminate a prison term that was already reduced from six years to 18 months, after his conviction on charges of bribery.

The appeal represents the first major case before the court under its new president, Justice Esther Hayut.

Three juveniles are also accused of a series of serious acts of terrorism against Arabs.

The lawsuit may have been the tip of an iceberg with lots of secular vs. religious wars just below the surface.

The Knesset approved an amendment to a law that allows government to imprison infiltrators who do not agree to be evacuated voluntarily to a third country.

"The imposition of legal sanctions is proportionate when the state is interested in defending itself against a boycott of civilians," the justice said.

The Balad party gave out fake receipts to hide that their election-related donations came from other sources.

Fuah pointed out that he broke no laws, but the judge ruled that even freedom of expression and protection of our national symbols have limits.

Netanyahu said his judicial reform bill will make Israel an even better place to in which to invest.

"The appropriate punishment is the death sentence and the expulsion of their families.”

'From now on, anyone who plotted, planned or contemplated carrying out an attack will know that their family would pay a heavy price for their heinous act.'

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has petitioned the Intl Criminal Court to probe Israel.

PM Netanyahu called on all Israelis to "behave responsibly" and to keep the soldiers out of any political conflict.

Israel reportedly paid Russia $1 million for the purchase of Russian-developed Sputnik V Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines for Syria in exchange for the woman.

"A vital and critical need has arisen to deny a meeting by these detainees with an attorney."

Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak has already served his sentence on a separate case.

There are four vacancies on the Supreme Court bench to be filled.

The ruling stated that "the consent of the foreigners to their removal is not required for the deportation to be lawful, and it is also possible to deport them against their will.

Their claim, in the amount of hundreds of millions of shekels, as compensation for their torture, disabilities, rape, and murder, is being heard by the Jerusalem District Court.

Speed “talked about wiping out the Jewish population.”

The lawsuit claims that the way El Al treats its customers reflects a hostile attitude whereby the company ignores their complaints and expects them to understand its plight.

The Jerusalem District Court on Tuesday ruled that the work permit of Omar Shakir, the Israel and Palestine Director at Human Rights Watch (HRW),...

Azaria's appeal is scheduled to come before the court in May, before a mixed civilian and military five-judge panel.

The reason for the severe limits on his civil rights is stated as: "To secure state security, public peace and maintaining public order."

Attorneys for the suspects Itamar Ben-Gvir and the Honenu legal aid society, plan to make the means by which the confessions were gotten the topic of the trial.

"The Israeli prime minister made a commitment to the Amona settlers prior to President Trump laying out his expectations."

"NGOs cannot have it both ways: arguing she is treated too harshly for a 16-year old, but lauding her for intentional provocation against soldiers.”