Day 464 - New judicial overhaul plan raises eyebrows and hackles

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🗓️ 12 January 2025

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Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.

Legal reporter Jeremy Sharon joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode.

Late last week, almost two years exactly to the unveiling of the initial judicial overhaul legislative package, Justice Minister Yariv Levin and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar unveiled a far-reaching package of changes to Israel’s judicial system which would increase political power over judicial appointments and curb the High Court’s ability to strike down legislation. The new package would stop short of some measures that sparked massive anti-government protests in 2023, but are potentially just a beginning. We unravel the new initiative and try to understand its implications.

The High Court of Justice on Friday gave the state until the end of January to explain what steps it was taking to maximize Haredi enlistment to the Israel Defense Forces and to penalize draft dodgers.
The instruction came in response to several petitions calling for the immediate conscription of all previously exempt ultra-Orthodox men. We learn about the court's impatience with the government's lack of action on this flashpoint issue.

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Discussed articles include:

Overhaul redux: Levin’s ‘compromise’ proposal would again radically constrain the judiciary

Levin, Sa’ar unveil new judicial overhaul plan; wary opposition heads hold off response

High Court orders state to clarify plans to draft Haredim, penalize dodgers

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IMAGE: Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (left) with Justice Minister Yariv Levin at the Knesset on November 6, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Times of Israel's daily briefing.
0:09.3	Today is Sunday, January 12th, day 464 of the war.
0:14.2	Amanda Borchelle, Dan, here with our legal reporter, Jeremy Sharon.
0:17.2	Hi, Jeremy, thanks for joining me as we start what gives all signs of being a really packed week for you.
0:23.5	Hey, Amanda, good to be with you. A pleasure. Late last week, Justice Minister Yereve Levine and
0:29.1	Foreign Minister Guironsar unveiled a far-reaching package of changes to Israel's judicial system,
0:35.5	which would increase political power over judicial
0:39.5	appointments and curb the high court's ability to strike down legislation, but would stop
0:45.7	short of some of the measures that sparked the massive anti-government protests in 2023.
0:52.7	So we're going to unravel the new initiative and try to understand its
0:57.1	implications. We'll also hear the results of a high court hearing last week on the issue of
1:02.7	ultra-Orthodox enlistment. So all of this and much, much more when we're back.
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1:50.0	For some headlines. Yesterday, the IDF announced that four soldiers were killed and six
1:55.0	were wounded during fighting in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday, bringing Israel's toll in the ground offensive against
2:02.4	Hamas to 402. This morning, the IDF issued an evacuation warning for Palestinian civilians in part
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