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The UK Supreme Court (Flickr/Jay Galvin)
February 27, 2026, 10:15 am
Supreme Court rejects appeal by two charged with supporting Hamas
The UK's highest judicial authority rejected the argument that elements of terror legislation contravened the European Convention on Human Rights
By JN Reporter
US President Donald Trump
February 25, 2026, 10:28 am
Trump says Iran must never get nuclear weapon as he vows to keep tariffs
US president says negotiations with Tehran are under way, but refuses to accept assurances on nuclear restraint
By JN Reporter
Gali Baharav-Miara (Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Tomer Jacobson)
August 5, 2025, 1:39 pm
Israel’s Supreme Court halts government decision to fire Attorney General
The government voted unanimously to fire Gali Baharav-Miara on Monday evening - the Supreme Court promptly blocked the move until it has the opportunity to rule on its legality
By Jocelin Weiss
Pic: Screenshot, Law Gazette
April 22, 2025, 10:51 am
OPINION: Sex may now be defined strictly by biology, but I just want to pee in peace
Jews are rightly up in arms when the media misreports on Israel, but many treat an even smaller minority group with the same contempt
By Anonymous
Thousands of Israeli protesters wave flags during a rally against the Israeli government's judicial overhaul bills in Jerusalem, March 27, 2023. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
January 10, 2025, 3:13 pm
Israel’s judicial overhaul is back. So are the protests
This time, a more limited proposal might pass
By Ben Sales (JTA)
Charedi Jews being targeted with water cannons in Jerusalem during a protest
June 25, 2024, 1:05 pm
Ultra-Orthodox men must be drafted into army, rules Israel’s Supreme Court
Judges ruled 9-0 that Haredi men can no longer be exempted from IDF service
By Francine Wolfisz
UJS Students
July 28, 2023, 12:50 pm
OPINION: I fear a worrying trend of Israel apathy among future community leaders
'Jewish students must be able to reclaim Zionism from extremists who attempt to define Zionism on our behalf,' writes Edward Isaacs, president of the Union of Jewish Students
By Edward Isaacs
A person stands in front of an Israeli police water cannon being used to disperse demonstrators blocking a road during a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, in Jerusalem, Monday, July 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
July 26, 2023, 2:51 pm
OPINION: Reasonableness has passed… so what could happen next?
Will Israel's government now re-appoint Shas leader Aryeh Deri or cancel the Supreme Court's ability to override legislation?
By Richard Pater
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir in the Knesset.
July 26, 2023, 10:40 am
OPINION: Israelis are asking for our support. Will we be there for them?
If we do not want this Tisha B’Av to be another harbinger of heartbreak and destruction we need to speak up – not apologetically – but with clarity and conviction, writes Sir Mick Davis
By Sir Mick Davis
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen during a vote in Knesset
July 11, 2023, 1:32 pm
Israeli government advances judicial overhaul push
Knesset voted 64-56 to move the bill forward, spurring on ‘day of disruption’ by protesters
By Ben Sales (JTA)
An illustrative photo of a banner supporting the Breaking the Silence organization, in Tel Aviv, July 1, 2017. The banner reads 'We are all breaking the silence.' (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
May 26, 2023, 4:20 pm
OPINION: Israel risks becoming unrecognisable as a Jewish or democratic state
If Israel's government pushes forward autocratic policies, such as taxing civil society groups receiving foreign government funding at 65%, the country will have taken a decisively anti-democratic turn.
By David Davidi-Brown
Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Tel Aviv, March 13, 2023.(Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
March 16, 2023, 12:08 pm
Israeli president warns of a looming, bloody ‘real civil war’ amid battle over court reform
“In this moment, of all moments, in the 75th year of the state of Israel, the abyss is within reach,” says Isaac Herzog in primetime televised address to nation
By Ron Kampeas (JTA)
Mass protest outside Knesset, February 13, 2023. Courtesy: Twitter
February 20, 2023, 5:32 pm
OPINION: As communal leaders and lawyers, we urge Israel to uphold judicial independence
Two former presidents of the Board of Deputies, Vivian Wineman and Henry Grunwald, add their voices to mounting opposition against the policies of the new Israeli government.
By Vivian Wineman KFO and Henry Grunwald OBE KC
President of the Supreme Court Esther Hayut and Supreme Court Justices arrive for a court hearing in Jerusalem, on January 5, 2023 . Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
January 16, 2023, 2:19 pm
OPINION: Israeli government policy is no business of British Jews
Chairman of National Jewish Assembly Gary Mond argues that British Jews have no right to comment on Israel's plans for its judiciary.
By Gary Mond
President of the Supreme Court Esther Hayut and Supreme Court Justices arrive for a court hearing in Jerusalem, on January 5, 2023 . Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
January 12, 2023, 9:16 am
VOICE OF THE JEWISH NEWS: Democracy or democrazy?
Israeli ministers are getting ever closer to ending the Supreme Court’s power to keep them in check. Undemocratic? You be the judge...
By Voice of the Jewish News
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