Basic Law

Shas spiritual leader orders support for coalition legislation in exchange for haredi-backed bills

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef warned there was “no room for delay” on the Torah Study Law amid coalition efforts to advance contentious legislation.

 ARYE DERI sits in the Knesset plenum.
Ultra orthodox Jewish reserve soldiers of the IDF's Hasmonean Brigade operate in the Gaza Strip on June 26, 2025.

It’s about time that Torah study counted for something - opinion

MKS ATTEND a House committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, on June 16, 2026.

The hidden economic danger in the Basic Law on Torah Study

Combat veterans suffering from PTSD attends a House committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on, July 7, 2026.

'Little girls with microphones': IDF veteran slams MKs during Basic Law: Torah Study cm'tee meeting


Rubin: The veteran boutique law firm

We live in very interesting times in which the tempo of change is the most rapid in history.


Think tank urges greater transparency in government decision-making

The entity responsible for deciding which government meetings would be transparent and which would remain classified for 30 years - is the government itself.

Israel Katz chats with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a cabinet meeting

High Court: Inconceivable that there is no timeline for state budget

"How can this be justified from the perspective of the Knesset? Transferring this budget is one of the most important and basic functions of the Knesset" – Justice Neal Hendel.

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE President Esther Hayut hears a petition at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem

Preparing for Life’s Difficult Moments

Adv. Adi Chen – Family Law, Wills, Inheritances, and International Estates


Deputy A-G: Don’t like so many basic law changes, but may let slide

Key to avoid fourth elections.

Raz Nizri, deputy Attorney General speaks at the joint Knesset and Constitution Committee meeting

Government to change Basic Law to fund coronavirus fight

The change in the Basic Law is made necessary by the fact that since there has not been a government for a year, the state has not had an approved budget since January 1.

An empty Knesset Plenum

Law Firm to Create Immense Job Opportunities after Building Acquisition In Northenden

Recent news sources say that a Northenden based law firm has brought a 3000 square feet building as a part of its ambitious expansion program.


A legal or political matter?

The political system is being dragged into elections for the third time within a year, for what seem to be extraneous reasons related to the question of how Netanyahu will handle his cases.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he chairs the weekly cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem office December 15, 2019

Israel decides all discussions about ICC issue are confidential

The discussions will be held in the security cabinet. A special discussion will be held this afternoon at the Foreign Ministry.

Prime Minster and Defense Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the security cabinet after convening it to discuss Gaza rockets fired at Tel Aviv

Human rights in an age of populism

The story of liberal democracies in the late 20th and early 21st centuries has been, to a large extent, the story of protecting personal liberties by independent democratic institutions.

A representative for Blue & White Human Rights offering pamphlets to Palestinians