Israel’s ministerial committee on legislation approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposal to continue legislating an ultra-Orthodox (haredi) IDF conscription bill from where it was left off in 2022, ignoring a legal opinion by the Attorney General that the proposal was irrelevant and, therefore, “not legally justifiable.” The decision by committee chair Justice Minister Yariv … Read more
Lawyers Daniel Hacklai and Idan Seger from the Constitutional Law and Human Rights Forum at the Israel Bar Association sent a letter on Tuesday night to the Attorney-General and Legal Adviser to the Government, Gali Bahrav-Miara, and the Legal Adviser of the Police, Deputy Superintendent Elazar Kahana, calling for an “urgent assessment of the … Read more
Likud MK Amit Halevi was interviewed Monday morning on Udi Segal and Anat Davidov’s program on 103FM radio and commented on the current haredi draft law drama. Halevi hurled harsh criticism at the Supreme Court and Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara, claiming that this is an issue that these two bodies should not be dealing with … Read more
A confrontation developed at the Knesset plenum between National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Arab MKs over the far-right minister’s support of a Border Police officer who shot and killed a 13-year-old Palestinian at the Shuafat refugee camp after firing fireworks at Israeli forces operating in the field. Ben-Gvir shouted at Joint List MK … Read more
