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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

Mar 22, 2023, 2:31 PM

There’s no ‘compromise’ in the coalition’s play for unlimited power

Illustrative. Supreme Court justices arrive for a court hearing, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on February 24, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90/ File)

Slowing the overhaul is a sham. It’s still a hostile takeover of the Supreme Court and its ability to restrain the coalition

Feb 7, 2023, 3:24 PM

A bid for unlimited power. That’s all it is.

Newly appointed Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara seen during a welcome ceremony for her in Jerusalem on February 8, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

As the Attorney General clearly shows, this 'reform' doesn't make Israel more democratic. Far from it.

May 19, 2022, 10:56 AM

Lt. Col. Mahmoud Khir al-Din (right) and his wife Nahed, in an undated photograph published by the military on May 15, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)

Israel may be the only democracy in the world that has not enshrined in law a basic right that protects the minorities living within its borders

Apr 1, 2022, 5:14 PM

Sa’ar’s proposal is balanced

Yesterday, the chair of the Judicial Appointments Committee, Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar, announced that at its next meeting, he would submit a proposal to broadcast the hearings it holds for candidates for the Supreme Court bench. First, some facts: The...

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