Measure changing composition of Judicial Selection Committee passes 67-1 after opposition lawmakers boycott final vote.

Voting expected to continue until early Thursday morning due to objections to legislation, which is aimed at sharply curbing ...

Israel's Knesset has passed a bill enabling greater political control over the appointment of judges, effectively diminishing the Supreme Court’s power. The measure, which will come into effect ...

The law modifying the composition of the judges' selection committee was passed Thursday morning by the Knesset (Israel's parliament ... been filed with the Supreme Court by the Movement for ...

Israel's parliament on Thursday ... Levin slammed the supreme court, saying it had "effectively nullified the Knesset". "It has taken for itself the authority to cancel laws and even Basic Laws.

Israel's parliament on Thursday ... Levin slammed the supreme court, saying it had "effectively nullified the Knesset". "It has taken for itself the authority to cancel laws and even Basic Laws.

affecting the five pillars of Israel's constitutional system, starting with the methods of selecting judges. It gives the Knesset the power to overturn Supreme Court rulings on bills ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ministers in the Knesset plenum during the vote on the bill to amend the makeup of Israel's Judicial ... at the Supreme Court (illustrative) (credit: Canva ...

Law boosts officials’ power to appoint judges, defying anti-Netanyahu protests JERUSALEM: Israel ... the supreme court for what he described had “effectively nullified the Knesset”.

Israel lacks a written constitution, but it has a number of Basic Laws which set out things such as human rights and the powers of the parliament. "But our supreme court didn't stop at trampling the ...