israeli-supreme-court

To Coup or Not to Coup? That is the Question The coming battle-royal between the 'regime change' government and Supreme Court

Richard Silverstein March 22, 2023

Israel stands on the brink of a legislative coup. It has already given final passage to a...

Netanyahu’s Plan to Destroy Israel’s Supreme Court and Rule of Law Minister who leads Jewish Taliban Party pledges Judeo-theocratic state

Richard Silverstein January 13, 2023

Israel’s new Justice Minister has introduced a package of “reforms” which, like reforms introduced in all fascist...

Judeo-Fascist Coalition Affirms ‘Inalienable Right’ of Jewish People to ‘All the Land of Israel’ New Israeli government slaps US in face, explicitly rejecting two-state solution

Richard Silverstein December 30, 2022

Yesterday, Israel’s new Judeo-fascist governing coalition was sworn in and ministers assumed their new portfolios. I’ve profiled...

Decades After Vanunu Served Jail Sentence, Israel Continues Persecution of Nuclear Whistle-Blower Supreme Court orchestrates sham proceeding pretending he may persuade State to remove parole restrictions

Richard Silverstein December 26, 2021

DONATE: If you believe Mordechai Vanunu is a hero and whistleblower who stood up against the entire...

Israeli Supreme Court Orders Likud Speaker to Reconvene Knesset, Relinquish Power to Blue and White

Richard Silverstein March 23, 2020

NOTE: Middle East Eye published my latest piece on the Likud’s soft coup preventing the Opposition Blue...

Israel’s Sex for Judgeship Scandal Widens with Charges Implicating Finance Minister, Moshe Kahlon

Richard Silverstein February 4, 2020

NOTE: Middle East Eye published my latest piece yesterday about the conflicted, ambivalent response of the American...

BREAKING: Israeli Supreme Court Justice Locked in Influence-Peddling Scandal Takes Leave of Absence

Richard Silverstein December 29, 2019

The tentacles of the Efi Naveh influence-peddling scandals have reached into the highest echelons of the Israeli...

BREAKING: Powerful Israeli Lawyer Who Ran Bribery Ring and Sought Sexual Favors in Return for Judicial Promotions, Arrested

Richard Silverstein January 15, 2019

הפרשה שאסורה לפרסום בישראל: חשד שראש לשכת עורכי הדין אפי נוה הפעיל רשת של אנשים שדאגה לקדם...

Israel’s Nation State Law Seals the Death of Democracy

Richard Silverstein July 19, 2018

Let’s get one thing out of the way first. This is not a Nation State law or...

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Israel: the Garrison State

Richard Silverstein May 24, 2018

NOTE: If you frequent progressive websites like Think Progress, the Nation or others, you may’ve read that...

Israel’s Chief Justice Aware Netanyahu Crony Offered Bribe, Never Reported It

Richard Silverstein February 27, 2018

The chief justice of the Israeli Supreme Court, Esther Hayut, heard from a fellow judge, Hila Gerstel,...

Israeli Supreme Court Gags New Permissive Police Open Fire Regulations

Richard Silverstein October 13, 2017

The Israeli Palestinian legal-human rights NGO, Adalah, brought a case against the Israeli police for introducing new...