Viewpoints
Analysis and Discussion Concerning the Supreme Court of Israel

by Avinoam Sharon
March 24, 2019

In this update we report on the Supreme Court’s recent judgment in four challenges to decisions of the Central Elections Committee for the 21st Knesset, an appeal of a judgment of the National Labor Court on the question of whether...

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by Avinoam Sharon
November 01, 2018

The Israeli Supreme Court Blog

This issue of the Israeli Supreme Court Blog presents summaries of the recent decisions in LAA 7216/18 Lara Alqasem v....

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by Avinoam Sharon
July 25, 2018

The Israeli Supreme Court Blog

 

The Israeli Supreme Court Blog is part of the  Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law’s Israeli Supreme Court Project. It is intended to supplement the...

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by Avinoam Sharon
May 30, 2018

This issue of the Israeli Supreme Court Blog presents an abstract of the Supreme Court’s decision of May 24, 2018, addressing the lawfulness of the IDF’s rules of engagement during the recent events on the Gaza border (HCJ 3003/18), and refers to...

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by Avinoam Sharon
May 11, 2018

Case Law:

HCJ 4113/13 Financial Organizations Coordinating Agency v. Minister of the Interior at al. – Outsourcing Tax and Debt Collection

In a decision delivered on March 26, 2018...

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by Michael Herz and Suzanne Stone
February 25, 2018

In the upcoming months, Justices Uri Shoham and Yoram Danziger will step down from the Court.  On Thursday, February...

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by Orly Rachmilovitz
August 24, 2016

One of the unique functions of the Israeli Supreme Court is to conduct a “further hearing” – an additional round of adjudication of a case which is not considered an appeal but is usually held, at the Court’s permission, when all other possible...

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by Orly Rachmilovitz
March 16, 2016

In recent weeks, political and legal news in Israel have devoted a lot of attention to the appointment of Avichai Mendelblit as Attorney General (“AG”). Below is a summary of the Israeli Supreme Court’s decision in two petitions challenging the...

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by Orly Rachmilovitz
January 17, 2016

Over the past three months, the Israeli Supreme Court has been called upon in at least three cases to revisit the issue of military demolition of the homes of Palestinians who have committed (or are suspected of having committed) acts of terror...

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by Orly Rachmilovitz
August 18, 2015

Remarks at a Conference Marking the Retirement of President Grunis

Deputy President Emeritus Eliezer Rivlin

June 21, 2015

Translated by Orly Rachmilovitz...

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