Judge Esther Hayut, the President of the Supreme Court, firmly declined the appeal by Muhammad Bakri, the filmmaker behind the controversial documentary "Jenin, Jenin." The ruling reaffirms the earlier decision by the Central District Court and the Supreme Court that mandates Bakri to pay Lt. Col. Nissim Magnaji a sum of 175,000 NIS for damages. Additionally, the court has ordered the halting of any further distribution of the film.

22 August 2023

Read more: "Jenin Jenin" Creator Ordered To Compensate IDF Officer For Defamation

On Wednesday morning, the Israeli High Court of Justice deliberated on a petition requesting that the court compel the state to permit gay couples to adopt children. The panel of justices, including Uzi Fogelman, Alex Stein, and Gila Canfy-Steinitz, presided over the case.

02 August 2023

Read more: Israel's Supreme Court Hears Arguments For Same Sex Adoption

A panel made up of Israeli Supreme Court justices, led by President Esther Hayut, issued an order last Tuesday on the conditions instructing the Israel Defense Forces to justify why it will not integrate women as combatants in the armored divisions, as well as in the infantry, and in almost all 'special' units. The night before, the High Court rejected out of hand an opposite petition submitted by Rabbanit Michal Negan, the head of the "Tzali" pre-military preparatory school for girls, and whose students have been serving in the non-combat positions in the IDF for years.

02 July 2023

Read more: Female Activists Fight Supreme Court Push To Allow Women Into Elite IDF Units

The evidence phase in the trial of Wasim Aseid, the terrorist who’s sworn allegiance to ISIS and is accused of murdering the Kadori family's parents in 2019 as part of his stabbing spree in a Jewish neighborhood of Jerusalem, continued Wednesday. Four witnesses are expected to arrive at court; Shari Hilleli, the daughter of the Kadori couple and Shimon her husband, Hadar Bezalel who was stabbed the night before the murder by Aseid, and also a friend of Ivan Tirnovsky, the foreign worker whom Aseid murdered as well. 

31 May 2023

Read more: ISIS Terrorist Representing Himself In Jerusalem Court After His Attorney Resigns

Some Israeli far-left organizations, including "The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel" and the "Yesh Gvul" movements are pressuring the Israeli Attorney General to launch an investigative committee for the “elimination operations” that started the latest operation in Gaza, “Shield and Arrow.” 

29 May 2023

Read more: Rights Groups Demand Israel Be Held Accountable For Jihadist Assassination Policy