Simcha Rothman

Netanyahu thanks Trump for message calling to end trial, says he looks forward to collaboration

Opposition leader and Yesh Atid chair Yair Lapid told Ynet that Trump should not interfere in Israel’s legal affairs.

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Ministers and MK's attend a 40 signatures debate, at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on May 28, 2025.
 PALESTINIANS CELEBRATE as an IDF tank burns after it was hit by Palestinian gunmen who infiltrated areas of southern Israel on October 7, 2023.

Ministerial committee passes bill to prosecute Oct. 7 terrorists for genocide

 Hamas terrorists parade as they prepare to hand over hostages.

Netanyahu opposes death penalty for Nukhba terrorists, citing risks to hostage safety

The man transforming the judicial system: Constitution, Law and Justice Committee chairman Simcha Rothman

Rothman to grill law enforcement leaders in committee over new Shin Bet leak affair


Judicial reform bill passes in Constitution Committee, final plenum vote remains

Lapid said the "violent and extortionate bill" would be repealed in the first week of next Knesset.

 MK Simcha Rothman at the Knesset Constitution Committee. March 17, 2025.

Purim Shpiel: Knesset debates a judicial reform that no one remembers passing

Purim Shpiel: The following is a satirical article from The Jerusalem Post's annual parodic Purim page, The Jerusalem Roast. Enjoy!

 Israeli lawmaker Simcha Rothman is seen gesturing in apparent confusion in what is, surprisingly, a 100% genuine and unaltered photo.

The unaccountable few: How Israel’s justice system undermines democracy - opinion

According to polls, even among the supporters of the opposition parties, 80% think the Israeli judicial system is in need of reform. We should make Israel a democracy again.

 Israelis are seen protesting judicial reform, in Tel Aviv.

Coalition resumes legislation of controversial judicial watchdog bill

The original bill proposal was that the power to elect the watchdog would shift from the judicial selection committee to the Knesset.

 THE HIGH COURT of Justice holds a session. In the past, the court ruled that women cannot be forced to take a specific seat on a bus, the writer notes.

WATCH: Israelis welcome home Emily Damari, Romi Gonen, and Doron Steinbrecher

Israel welcomes home Emily Damari, Romi Gonen, and Doron Steinbrecher.

 Israelis react to released hostages returning to Israel from Hamas captivity, January 19, 2025.

MK Rothman walks out of committee meeting as 'October Council' calls for accountability

Rothman cuts Knesset meeting short as October 7 victims' families demand a national inquiry into government failures.

 Religious Zionist Party MK Simcha Rothman seen at a Knesset committee, December 16, 2024

'Rectifies the moral wrong': Knesset passes law deducting Hamas terrorist legal fees from PA funds

The legislation passed its second and third readings with 26 MKs voting in favor and four against.

 MK Simcha Rothman, December 9, 2024.

Rothman proposes bill to change all mentions of ‘West Bank’ in Israeli Law to ‘Judea and Samaria’

The name of the area in question is a point of contention both internationally and within Israel, and it is called different names in differing institutions.

 MK Simcha Rothman, December 9, 2024.

Constitution Committee debates controversial judicial oversight bill

Rothman and other supporters of the bill have argued that there is an inherent conflict of interest in the current system

MK Simcha Rothman  attends the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee in Jerusalem. November 18, 2024.

MK Simcha Rothman calls on the Chief Rabbinate to permit ascent to the Temple Mount

"I call on the Chief Rabbinate to replace the sign prohibiting ascent with a sign that permits Jews to ascend the Mount!" MK Simcha Rothman stated.

 MK Simcha Rothman at the Annual Beyadenu Conference

Constitution Committee advances ‘softened’ version of controversial Bar Association bill

Members of the IBA and the opposition argued that the bill was an attempt to exact revenge on the IBA by harming its independent ability to set its budget.

 THE KNESSET will return to session next week amid the temporary freeze in the judicial reform legislation.