Override clause

Israel's ultra-Orthodox status quo is unsustainable - opinion

This cannot and should not continue. Long-term yeshiva study should be for true sages, not all haredim.

 Haredi men dressed in traditional ultra-Orthodox garb stand behind a group of religious IDF soldiers
 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen speaking at a memorial ceremony for Ze'ev Jabotinsky on Mount Herzl, in Jerusalem, on July 18, 2023.

Don't change judicial selection process without opposition consensus - editorial

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a 40 signatures debate, at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 26, 2023.

How Netanyahu dropping override clause changes Israel's judicial reform - analysis

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, 25 June 2023.

Netanyahu: I threw override clause out of Israel's judicial reform


Israel needs judicial reform, but not 'this' judicial reform - opinion

The override clause, which would give the Knesset power to overturn a court decision by a simple majority of 61, is ridiculous and makes a complete mockery of the court

 BANNING PUBLIC transportation on Shabbat: The state’s Jewish character versus its democratic nature.

Herzog: 'Israel is at edge of abyss,' civil war is a real threat

Herzog's plan does not have the support of the coalition after talks broke down, according to a number of reports

 President Isaac Herzog speaks on Israel's judicial reform on February 12, 2023

Likud punishes stalwart Yuli Edelstein for absence during judicial reform vote

The override clause bill passed its first reading late Monday night in a 61-52 vote.

 Committee Chairman Yuli Edelstein leads a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on February 12, 2023.

Judicial reform: Judicial review, override clause passes committee first reading vote

The committee will reconvene on Sunday to vote on possible revisions to the judicial reform bill.

 The Constitution, Law and Justice Committee vote to pass the second section of the judicial reform bill, March 1, 2023.

Ex-A-G Mandelblit: Israel in regime revolution, not judicial reform

Israeli system was built with two institutions to protect its liberal democratic nature, the legal advisers and the judicial system, both under threat by the reform.

Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit

Rothman amends Override Law, eases High Court restrictions

The bill, part of Justice Minister Yariv Levin's judicial reform, will be brought to a vote in the Knesset committee this week.

 MK Simcha Rothman, Head of the Constitution Committee leads a committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, on January 17, 2023.

Israel's coalition set to pass Override Law in Knesset this week

The law is widely known as the "Override Law" since it enables the Knesset to make laws that "override" the judiciary.

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Interior and Health Minister Aryeh Deri at a weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, January 8, 2023

Israeli judicial reform: The facts, proposals behind misleading mantras - opinion

When people refer to the judicial reform they are talking about several separate laws. Here’s a short overview of each law by subject.

 SUPREME COURT President Esther Hayut gestures, as then-justice minister Ayelet Shaked looks on and then-finance minister Moshe Kahlon listens during a meeting of the Judicial Selection Committee, in 2018.

Consensus on Israeli judicial reform can't be quick - opinion

Without going into a discussion of the president’s five points, I would like to consider the appropriate way for reaching the agreements he spoke about.

 JUSTICE MINISTER Yariv Levin takes a seat alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset plenum, last week.

Letters to the Editor February 20, 2023: Receipt for the train ticket

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

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Declaring a PM 'incapacitated' will require 90 MKs' approval, coalition proposes

Simcha Rothman: Israel's attorney-general is biased and is manipulating public opinion on judicial reforms.

 Benjamin Netanyahu visits at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, the night before the Israeli general elections, October 31, 2022