Striking down a Basic Law would be uncharted territory for the Supreme Court, although the court has examined and commented on Basic Laws before. In 2021, the court outlined very narrow ...

Changing the 1992 basic law requires support from a majority of voting legislators, for example, and just 61 votes (out of 120 total) are enough to amend the 1994 basic law. Netanyahu's coalition ...

It wasn’t until 1992 that legislators passed two human rights “Basic Laws.” These laws protect a series of rights including life, property, personal liberties, privacy and choice of ...

Instead, it has a series of “Basic Laws,” passed by Israel’s unicameral legislature, the Knesset, with a simple majority of members present and voting. In the 1990s, ...

All of these bills violate Israel’s Basic Laws, specifically the Basic Law on Human Dignity and Liberty, providing a clear basis for the Supreme Court to strike them down.

Manipulation of Basic Laws is not a disease of just one political camp. Two years ago, centrist Benny Gantz voted for a change in a Basic Law to assume the absurd role of an “alternate PM”.

I stumbled across The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity, which are from around 1986 but, from my overwhelming amount of anecdotal data, still hold true. The work is by Carlo Maria Cipolla - an ...

To the editor: I am perplexed by the issue of displaying the Ten Commandments. As I see it, by taking them away my rights are violated as well. Why look at these principles as some enforcement of ...