Israel’s Legal System and Laws
The Israeli government finally has the power to restore balance
Israel is unique among Western democracies – it has a self-appointed judiciary that is at the same time legislator, executive as well as drafter and creator of Israel’s constitution....
The proof is in the protest
Asking demonstrators at Saturday’s so-called “protest for equality” not to wave Palestinian flags was a reasonable request, to be sure. Palestine is there, on the mountain, where demonstrators believe...
Israel’s Settlement Regulations Bill and International Law
The proposed “Regulation Bill” raises the legal issues within Israeli and International Law regarding Israel's conduct in Judea, Samaria, the Golan Heights and East Jerusalem. Prof. Kontorovich...
Legal Advisers and the Government: Analysis and Recommendations
The AG holds exceptional powers in comparison to the government ministers thus undermining governance and the rule of majority. Kohelet's research paper calls for a fundamental reform to define...
New federal law fights European boycotts of Israel
A major new anti-boycott law creates changes the legal landscape for governments and companies, including European ones, that seek to impose politically-motivated economic sanctions on Israeli companies. On Monday,...
Was it Right to Try to Pass a Nation-State Law?
The media recently exposed the Israeli public to a barrage of spin regarding the proposed Basic Law: Israel is the Nation State of the Jewish People. Like all spin,...
On basic law Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people
Prof. Diskin explains the rationale of the Basic law: Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people which he was one of its initiators
Mahmoud Abbas cannot rewrite international law
Mahmoud Abbas threatened last week to go to the U.N. and, according to Palestinian sources, ask the U.N. Security Council to compel a deadline for the withdrawal of Israel...
Crimea, International Law, and the West Bank
Secretary of State John Kerry spent the spring shuttling between his two major foreign-policy concerns—Russia’s control over Crimea and Israel’s control over the West Bank—entirely unaware that he was...