Legal reforms

Knesset votes to freeze arrests of ultra-Orthodox draft evaders amid IDF manpower crisis

Bill passes 58-54 despite legal warnings, IDF opposition • Netanyahu heckled by opposition lawmakers shouting 'disgrace' before leaving plenum ahead of the vote

|ByKESHET NEEV
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Knesset vote on a bill to freeze arrests of haredi draft evaders, in Jerusalem, July 14, 2026
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.’

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
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

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

How can the coalition and opposition compromise on judicial reform?

LEGAL AFFAIRS: As both sides of the judicial reform debate finally come to the table together, what are the possible outcomes of their anticipated meetings?

APRIL 1, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG leads the first negotiation meeting over judicial overhaul compromises with representatives from Likud, National Unity, Yesh Atid and Labor, at the President’s Residence.

Simcha Rothman evacuated by police after protesters surround house

Israeli protesters at the scene chanted while addressing Simcha Rothman, who was staying in a house temporarily: “Coward, go home!”

MARCH 24, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israelis block the Ayalon highway and clash with Police in Tel Aviv during a protest against the Israeli government's planned judicial overhaul on March 23, 2023.

New Rothman proposal does not solve 'essential legal difficulties,' deputy A-G says

The changes proposed by Rothman to the bill were met with criticism from both coalition and opposition MKS.

MARCH 20, 2023ByELIAV BREUER, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu looks toward MK Simcha Rothman as they confer with Justice Minister Yariv Levin in the Knesset last week. Levin and Rothman have been emphasizing the larger public welfare, says the writer

Should Israel heed German warnings about a failing democracy? - analysis

Netanyahu has rejected the idea that judicial reform would harm democracy. But should he listen to German warnings, and lessons of the past?

MARCH 19, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Platform 17 (Gleis 17), the memorial to those who were deported to the death camps by Deutsche Reichsbahn trains in 1941-1945, at Berlin-Grunewald train station in Berlin, Germany March 16, 2023.

Coalition leaders meet to discuss ‘softening’ of judicial reform

Rothman introduces drastic Judicial Selection Committee changes.

MARCH 19, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR, ELIAV BREUER
MK Simcha Rothman, Head of the Constitution Committee, at a committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on March 19, 2023.

Judicial reform protests will end with blood on the street, organizer warns

Protest organizer Eran Schwartz spoke about the concern of deliberate, organized attacks being carried out against judicial reform protesters.

MARCH 19, 2023By103FM VIA MAARIV ONLINE
Judicial reform supporters wave Likud flags and hold signs reading "The leftist minority will not determine Israel" and "Leftist traitors" at a protest on Saturday night, March 18, 2023.

Bank of Israel Gov warns: Judicial reform could weaken bank independence

Yaron warned that investors may begin to withdraw money and invest it elsewhere as Israel's government pushes ahead with judicial reform.

MARCH 15, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
Governor of the Bank of Israel Amir Yaron speaks during a press conference at the Bank of Israel offices in Jerusalem, on January 2, 2022.

Entebbe Op. veterans join airport protest as Netanyahu flies to Germany

Police have given out approximately 30 tickets for blocking emergency routes at the airport, according to the Israel Police Spokesperson's Unit. 

MARCH 15, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israelis protest against the Israeli government's planned judicial overhaul, at the Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, March 9, 2023.

Netanyahu: Opposition is interested in anarchy, not democracy

The prime minister accused opponents of judicial reform of reducing the debate to "absurd levels."

MARCH 12, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a weekly cabinet meeting, March 12, 2023.