Judicial system
No. 24: Gali Baharav-Miara, Isaac Amit, and Noam Sohlberg: Public faces of Israel’s justice system
Baharav-Miara was the government’s internal legal constraint; Amit, the judiciary’s institutional defender; Sohlberg, a conservative jurist placed at the center of political and social disputes.
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Israel could learn a thing or two from history of US Constitution - opinion
Not unlike Israel, the US emerged from the War of Independence in a precarious political and security situation.
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Sixteen House Jewish members signed the letter, including Reps. Jamie Raskin, Elissa Slotkin, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and Susan Wild.
Democrats urge Biden to use diplomatic tools to stop Israeli judicial reform
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Riskified to withdraw funds from Israel, relocate employees to Portugal
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