Sharon Basch is an Israeli American who lived in Israel before starting her JD at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where she is a rising 2L. As of early Sunday morning, more than 300,000 protestors have gathered in major cities across Israel prior to the final debate on the reasonableness standard reform. that [...]
Yael Iosilevich is a law student in the Buchmann Faculty of Law at Tel Aviv University and JURIST’s Staff Correspondent in Israel. Today, Saturday, more than 300,000 Israeli citizens participated nationwide in the 10th consecutive week of Anti-Overhaul protests against the Netanyahu government’s proposed package of judicial reforms. These were a follow-up to events on [...]
Yael Iosilevich is a law student in the Buchmann Faculty of Law at Tel Aviv University and JURIST’s Staff Correspondent in Israel. On Thursday Israeli citizens participated in a “day of resistance”, another planned protest against the Israeli government’s radical judicial reform plans. Protesters in 130 locations throughout the country continued to demand that the [...]
Yael Iosilevich is a law student in the Buchmann Faculty of Law at Tel Aviv University and JURIST’s Staff Correspondent in Israel. On Monday tens of thousands of Israeli citizens filled trains, buses and roads to the brim on their way to Jerusalem to take part in one of the biggest rallies the new Israeli [...]
Yael Iosilevich is a law student in the Buchmann Faculty of Law at Tel Aviv University and JURIST’s Staff Correspondent in Israel. Today, Saturday 21 January, an estimated one hundred thousand Israelis marched through Tel Aviv in a mass protest. Banging drums and kitchenware, holding signs, waving the flag of Israel, and singing “Israel is [...]
Yael Iosilevich is a law student in the Buchmann Faculty of Law at Tel Aviv University and JURIST’s Staff Correspondent in Israel. This morning, 27th December, Israel’s new coalition passed a bill that will allow parliament member Aryeh Deri, leader of the “Shas” faction in the Knesset, to be nominated as minister despite his recent [...]
Yael Iosilevich is a law student in the Buchmann Faculty of Law at Tel Aviv University and JURIST’s Staff Correspondent in Israel. Last Wednesday, 21st December, Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu officially informed Israel’s President that he had successfully formed a new government. Israel has lately suffered instability in both society and government: the recurring political turmoil [...]
