Israel Law Struck down 2023-01-04

Judicial Reform Package

חבילת הרפורמות המשפטיות

Summary

Sweeping legislative package introduced by Justice Minister Yariv Levin to curtail Supreme Court powers — eliminating "reasonableness" review of executive decisions, giving the Knesset power to override Court rulings with a simple majority, and politicizing the Judicial Appointments Committee.

Impact

Triggered the largest sustained protest movement in Israeli history (March 2023 onwards) and a national strike. First component (reasonableness amendment) passed July 2023 and was struck down by the Supreme Court in January 2024. Remaining components stalled by the October 7 attack and subsequent war.

Parties involved

Sources

introduced_date en.wikipedia.org 2026-06-06

Permalink https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/bills/il-judicial-reform-2023

How to cite

This is a citation for the legislation itself — credited to Knesset and dated to its 2023 introduction. Tayyar is the retrieval surface, not the author. A separate "Retrieved via" line records that you accessed it through this dataset.

In-text: (Knesset, 2023)

APA 7Institutional author

Knesset. (2023). Judicial Reform Package [Legislation]. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/bills/il-judicial-reform-2023. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/bills/il-judicial-reform-2023.

Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals

Knesset. 2023. “Judicial Reform Package.” Legislation. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/bills/il-judicial-reform-2023. Accessed June 21, 2026.

BibTeXLaTeX / Zotero / reference managers

@misc{tayyar-bill-il-judicial-reform-2023,
  title     = {{Judicial Reform Package}},
  author    = {{Knesset}},
  year      = {2023},
  date      = {2023-01-04},
  type      = {Legislation},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/bills/il-judicial-reform-2023},
  urldate   = {2026-06-21},
  note      = {Retrieved via Tayyar on June 21, 2026}
}