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Apr 23, 2025, 2:51 PM

Ronen Bar warns of a clear and present danger to security and democracy

Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar and his affidavit, which was submitted to the High Court of Justice on April 21, 2025. (Photo of Ronen Bar by Kobi Gideon/ GPO; combo illustration by The Times of Israel)

His affidavit says he shouldn't have been fired - not to fight to keep his job, but to ensure the independence of the Shin Bet and his successor

Apr 9, 2025, 2:42 PM

Chaos in the courtroom, clarity on the bench

Likud MK Tolly Gotliv disrupts a court hearing on petitions against the firing of Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, April 8, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

Everything you want to know about Wednesday's High Court hearing on Netanyahu's efforts to fire the Shin Bet director, but were afraid to ask

Mar 17, 2025, 2:44 PM

Dismissal of the Shin Bet head: The red flags could not be bigger

Shin Bet Director Ronen Bar attends the state ceremony marking 50 years since the Yom Kippur War, held at the military cemetery at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl, on September 26, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90)

With investigations of the government now underway, the attempt to dismiss Ronen Bar is, on its face, marred by conflict of interest

Jan 29, 2025, 3:10 PM

Is this what a constitutional crisis looks like?

Supreme Court Justice Isaac Amit leaves the offices of the Israel Courts Administration in Jerusalem after a meeting of the Judicial Selection Committee which appointed him new Supreme Court president, January 26, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

In normal times, Yariv Levin would confirm that the chief justice selection process was legal. These are not normal times

Dec 18, 2024, 3:42 PM

‘If you don’t uphold what I say, then I’ll change the rules’

Coalition lawmakers crowd around Justice Minister Yariv Levin to take a celebratory selfie in the Knesset plenum, as they pass the first of the coalition's judicial overhaul laws, the so-called "reasonableness law", on July 24, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

In avoiding the High Court ruling that he must convene the committee to appoint the court's president, Minister Yariv Levin is abusing his authority

Jun 26, 2024, 6:23 AM

Loud and clear: The Court’s ruling on the Haredi draft

The nine-justice panel at the High Court of Justice hearing petitions demanding the immediate conscription of ultra-Orthodox young men to the Israel Defense Forces, June 2, 2024. (Amit Shabi/ POOL)

All 9 justices were unequivocal in confirming that the government is subject to the rule of law - and the delay in drafting Haredim illegal

Jun 3, 2024, 4:40 PM

Can Haredi students keep avoiding army service? We’ll know soon

Supreme court justices arrive for a court hearing on the government's drafting of orthodox Jewish religious studies students for the military, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on June 2, 2024. (Amit Shabi/POOL)

A deep dive into the Supreme Court hearing on when recruitment must start and whether yeshivas can still get public funding

Mar 29, 2024, 4:14 PM

Will ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students finally be drafted?

Ultra-Orthodox men sit outside the army recruitment office in Jerusalem, after clashes during a protest of the Haredi draft, as a group of male and female soldiers stand behind them, March 4, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)

If Netanyahu wants ongoing Haredi draft exemptions and funding, he should explain why that's legal. So far, he hasn't bothered

Feb 1, 2024, 12:29 PM

For justice, Barak’s dissent at The Hague should have been the Court’s decision

Retired Supreme Court president Judge Aharon Barak sworn in as Israel’s appointee to the bench at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, January 11, 2024. (ICJ)

Judge Aharon Barak introduced what South Africa ignored: The October 7 atrocities, the long history of terror against Israel, and a country's right to defend itself

Aug 3, 2023, 1:27 PM

The decimation of restraints on government power

As with abolishing the reasonableness doctrine, the Incapacitation Law exempts the country's leaders from judicial oversight

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Professor Suzie Navot is a professor of constitutional law and the vice president of the Israel Democracy Institute.