Israel Supreme Court

• Israel’s Supreme Court strikes down key feature of Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul

  Israel's Supreme Court on Monday struck down a key component of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's contentious judicial overhaul.

  World

  Jan 1
  
• Israeli law protecting PM Netanyahu challenged in Supreme Court

  Netanyahu's governing coalition passed a law in March that limits removing a prime minister from office to cases of medical and mental incapacitation.

  World

  Aug 3, 2023
  
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• Israel judicial overhaul petitions to be heard by full Supreme Court in historic first

  The law was one of a series of proposed changes to Israel's judiciary put forward by Netanyahu's government earlier this year that seek to curb the power of the Supreme Court.

  Politics

  Jul 31, 2023
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• New Israel bill would make it harder to oust Netanyahu over corruption charges

  Lawmakers in the Knesset gave preliminary approval to the bill and is set to do the same with a broader plan to overhaul the country's legal system in defiance of mass protests.

  World

  Mar 13, 2023
• Israeli court to weigh in on whether Netanyahu can stay PM amid criminal charges

  A ruling against Netanyahu would likely trigger a snap election, the fourth since April 2019, as the country grapples with the coronavirus crisis and its economic fallout.

  World

  May 3, 2020
• Israeli PM Netanyahu to seek parliamentary immunity from prosecution

  Netanyahu was indicted in November on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust over allegations he granted state favors worth hundreds of millions of dollars to Israeli media barons in return for gifts and favorable coverage.

  Politics

  Jan 1, 2020
• Israel’s Supreme Court to hear case on Netanyahu’s political future

  If the court decides Netanyahu is ineligible, it could precipitate a constitutional crisis in Israel, and exacerbate the already tenuous ties between the Israeli government and judiciary.

  World

  Dec 31, 2019