David Kirshenbaum

David Kirshenbaum is an attorney in Israel and New York and a member of the Likud's Central Committee.

 Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara sits next to Justice Minister Yariv Levin at a ceremony for retiring acting chief justice Uzi Vogelman, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, in October.

The A-G is bad for business and Israel's national unity – opinion

ARAB LEADERS pose for a photo ahead of an Arab League summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, last year.

The Western support for Palestinians: Does it pass the 'Lady Justice test'? - opinion

 DEMONSTRATORS GATHER on the grounds of New Zealand Parliament in Wellington last year to protest what they consider government encroachment on freedoms.

Not very reasonable: Leaving Israel for New Zealand over the reasonableness clause - opinion


Israel's judicial reform strengthens democracy - opinion

The power of the Supreme Court to mold legislation goes far beyond the self-conferred authority to annul laws of the Knesset.

 THEN-MK Michael Eitan (Likud) addresses the Knesset, in 2008. When Aharon Barak announced his post facto interpretation of the Human Dignity and Freedom law, Eitan asked: ‘This is how you build a constitution?’

Should the right to protest be held above public health?

The protestors have a right in law to protest publicly. But these are not normal times.

BRESLOV HASSIDIM protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, demanding a solution that would allow them to fly to Uman. September 2020

Netanyahu's liberties crushed under the color of law – opinion

The Left could not accept that Netanyahu, whom they openly disdained and who championed policies and held beliefs much different from theirs, kept winning the support of the Israeli public.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Restoring Israel’s democracy

In a true democracy, power and authority are granted by the consent of the governed. They cannot simply be seized – not even by sophisticated judges in dignified robes.

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Netanyahu does honor to Zionism

Zionism is not about being popular; those who dishonor our past and who fail to face up to clear and present dangers can't be trusted with the holy task of protecting the future of the Jewish People.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, December 28, 2014

Rights to the Temple Mount

It is time the police start enforcing the most basic of religious rights, for Jews as well as Muslims.

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Two-state solution is a deadly illusion

Only the dangerously foolish would believe that the Arabs would long forgo a fundamental attribute of sovereignty and agree to remain demilitarized.

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Hommage à Dr Pollard, le père

Dr Morris Pollard a consacré jusqu’à son dernier souffle à la sanctification de la vie et à la lutte pour libérer son fils

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Ending the injustice that outlasted a father

Morris Pollard fought to free his son from prison until his death last June.

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Bad precedent: The Supreme Court and Beit El

In cases like these, legal doctrine widely recognized for centuries in Western legal systems would result in payment of compensation to a prior existing owner, rather than eviction.

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