Yasir Arafat’s Decades-Long Alliance with Iran and Its Consequences for Both Palestinians and Iranians
A relationship that predates the 1979 revolution.
January 18, 2019
An Israeli Scandal Involving Judicial Appointments Results from a Fundamentally Flawed System
Elected officials should choose judges in a transparent process.
Dominating Israeli headlines this week was the arrest of Effi Naveh, the head of the Israeli Bar Association, on suspicion of bartering judicial appointments for sex. In Israel, a nine-member panel—in which the head of the Bar Association sits ex officio—is responsible for the selection of all the countries’ judges. The panel’s other members are three sitting Supreme Court justices, another representative of the Bar Association, the justice minister, and three other Knesset members. Yitzḥak Ram argues that this system, intended to depoliticize the judicial system, in fact fosters corruption:
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Israel Isn’t Leaving the Golan Heights—Nor Should It
The territory is critical to Israeli security.
An Israeli Scandal Involving Judicial Appointments Results from a Fundamentally Flawed System
Elected officials should choose judges in a transparent process.
The Senate’s Recent Grilling of a Catholic Nominee Raises Painful Jewish Memories
Louis Brandeis was smeared for his “Jewish instinct."