Current and former High Court justices warn of the judicial coup, Netanyahu's authoritarian takeover

by mgall74 | Dec 5, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] ‘We Are No Longer Citizens, Only Subjects’ At a Haifa conference on public law and democracy, Supreme Court President Isaac Amit said that his ostracization by the Justice Minister Yariv Levin was a boycott of the judiciary as a whole, while former...

Herzog hopes that Netanyahu's 'Pardon me' letter could revive an old-new plea deal

by mgall74 | Dec 4, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] Let’s assume that in some district court, there was a trial underway of the leader of a major criminal organization whose members are in the meantime robbing, terrorizing the streets, collecting protection money and breaking into cars. The accused knows...

Activist suspected of incitement against Netanyahu commences hunger strike after court extends arrest

by mgall74 | Dec 2, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] Yolanda Yavor was arrested last week over a Facebook post urging Israelis to revolt against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Her attorney says the investigation was launched for ‘political reasons,’ and that her family fears for her well-being...

Netanyahu has not requested a pardon; he is extorting Israel and its president through threats

by mgall74 | Dec 1, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] At the end of several catastrophic weeks in court, and after his lawyers apparently explained the severity of his situation to him, defendant Benjamin Netanyahu was pushed into the corner he always feared – seeking a pardon from the president. But as the Frank...

Herzog is likely to demand concessions from Netanyahu in exchange for presidential pardon

by mgall74 | Dec 1, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] Although the president’s office said Herzog ‘has not set conditions’ for the pardon, those who spoke with him believe he is likely to demand commitments from the prime minister, such as a state commission of inquiry into Oct. 7, halting...