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The Need for Judicial Reform Isn’t Going Away
By Evelyn GordonAt some point, Israelis must negotiate a genuine compromise on legal reform. Otherwise, the issue will continue tearing the country apart for decades to come.
Israeli Supreme Court
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The Dangers Lurking in Israel’s Judicial Counterrevolution
By Netta Barak-CorrenIsrael's judiciary needs balance. But a rash change is likely only to upset further Israel’s fragile equilibrium, and possibly bring down the regime itself.
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Israel’s Other Tyranny of the Minority
By Neil RogachevskyIsrael’s parliamentary system produces weak governments that are increasingly liable to capture by minority parties, who have every incentive to indulge their most radical plans.
Monthly Essay ·
Israel’s Judicial Reckoning
By Evelyn GordonIsrael's court is abnormally powerful and has caused half the nation to lose faith in its government. Reform will help, as long as it doesn't cause the other half to do the same.
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Israel’s Going Through A Spiritual Transformation. How Is It Dealing?
By Neil RogachevskyAn interview with Ruth Calderon, a Talmud scholar and former member of Knesset, on the Judaization of the Israeli public sphere—and much more.
Observation ·
Against Court and Constitution: A Never-Before-Translated Speech by David Ben-Gurion
By David Ben-Gurion, Neil RogachevskyIsrael famously has no constitution. It turns out that's no accident but rather the will of its first prime minister, who explains his thinking here.
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Will the New Nation-State Law Tempt Israel’s Supreme Court to Overstep its Powers Again?
By Peter KaganThe game the Court is playing is “heads I win, tails you lose.”
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The Erosion of Public Trust in Israel’s Judiciary Is Real—and Unusual
By Evelyn GordonIt’s hard to imagine a former justice in any other democracy trying to orchestrate a mass judicial resignation.
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The Problem Starts in the Knesset
By Haviv Rettig GurIsrael's supreme court, and its overreaching and overactive judiciary in general, are not the cause but the symptom of a larger predicament.
Monthly Essay ·
Disorder in the Court
By Evelyn GordonHow Israel's supreme court has effected its own constitutional revolution—and thereby undermined public confidence in the rule of law.
