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The Supreme Court heard a petition from Likud against the Central Elections Committee's decision to ban the real-time transfer of voter data from polling stations.

The High Court of Justice has temporarily frozen the transfer of the investigation into the Military Advocate General and the video leak to Channel 12 to State Attorney Amit Esman. Justice Dafna Barak-Erez ruled that the case will not be transferred to Esman at this stage, citing caution following a petition for a further hearing.

Shas party today (Wednesday) sharply attacked the President of the Supreme Court, Justice Yitzhak Amit, following his remarks about holders of "kosher phones" during a High Court of Justice hearing on a petition against the expansion of broadcasting areas for regional radio stations. The party defined his words as "insolent mockery" and claimed they express "arrogance and detachment from a huge...

The High Court's ruling against the government's decision to close the Galei Tzahal radio station sparked a surprising reaction this Thursday. Program host Noam Amir commented on the verdict with irony.

The former President of the Supreme Court calls for the establishment of an additional appellate instance between the district courts and the Supreme Court, which would hear most civil and criminal appeals. According to her, the move would reduce the burden and allow the Supreme Court to focus on principled issues.

The case exploded 10 months ago and could have reached an indictment within a few months, but the government's emissaries did everything to drag it out. From their perspective, let the Military Advocate General walk free as long as the Attorney General is not behind bars. Meanwhile, they can continue to scream 'Why is there no indictment?'. Yesterday, the High Court put an end to the matter.

The Supreme Court rejected the petition in the Military Advocate General affair, ruling that there is no cause to intervene in the conduct of the investigation or to prevent the State Attorney from deciding on the case. It was further determined that Justice Minister Yariv Levin should not be given additional time to appoint an external supervisor.

The Supreme Court, sitting as the High Court of Justice (Bagatz), has decided to move to this evening (Wednesday) the hearing on the petition regarding the change in Likud primary rules and the possibility for Knesset members and ministers to run in district slots as well. The hearing, which was scheduled for tomorrow, will take place today at 21:00 before a panel of the Supreme Court. The...

It should have been clear that a criminal defendant could not form a government, but in the absence of agreement on many of the rules of the political game, the "Defendant Law" will be at the very least a message of correction to the public and a chilling effect on the leadership.

MK Hanoch Milvitsky presented his vision for the Israeli judicial system after expressing anger over Supreme Court Justice Alex Stein's decision to freeze the budget transfer approved by his committee. "The Knesset will choose judges and the High Court will remain an appellate court," he said.