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Knesset to High Court: Judicial-selection overhaul does not justify striking down Basic Law

The Knesset told the High Court of Justice that Israel’s new judicial-selection system should not be struck down simply because the justices may consider the existing system better, arguing that only severe damage to the country’s democratic character could justify invalidating part of a Basic Law.

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Questions arise over suspect's freedom after deadly Berlin Pride festival attack

Saturday night’s fatal attack near the Berlin Pride Festival left locals shaken. Mourners continued to bring flowers to the city’s Brandenburg Gate on Monday to pay tribute to the victims. A woman was killed in the attack and at least 16 people got injured, police confirmed. (AP video shot by: Pietro De Cristofaro)

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Who is Andy Slaughter, UK's Labour Party's new anti-Israel Solicitor General? - explainer

The UK’s new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, came under fire recently from the Shadow Justice Secretary, Nick Timothy, in response to the appointment of Andy Slaughter, an MP fiercely critical of Israel with a long record of pro-Palestine activism, as the new Solicitor General. Timothy described it as an “absolute dis…

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Iranian man who murdered teenage daughter outside salon receives eight year sentence

The father of Fatemeh Soltani, who murdered the 18-year-old nail artist in April last year outside a salon, was sentenced to eight years in prison and ordered to pay diyah (blood money) by the the Tehran Criminal Court, according to a social media account taken over by the victim’s family, Iranian media reports, and…

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Special counsel seeks 7-yr prison term for ex-spy chief in perjury appellate trial

SEOUL, July 27 (Yonhap) -- A special counsel team on Monday requested a seven-year prison term for former National Intelligence Service (NIS) Director Cho Tae-yong in his appellate trial on charges of giving false testimony about former President Yoon Suk Yeol's failed imposition of martial law.

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