Movement for Quality Government
Israeli-media coverage mentioning Movement for Quality Government, translated into English and compared across sources. 31 recent stories.
Aryeh Barkat: Supreme Court Should Restrain Itself Over Vote-Recording Row
Dr. Aryeh Barkat attacked the Supreme Court after it urged the Knesset to rerun the state comptroller vote. He said filming ballots was foolish but not a legal basis for intervent…
Outgoing state comptroller says military officials asked him to drop blame sections from Oct. 7 reports
Matanyahu Englman said military petitioners asked him to remove responsibility findings from reports on the October 7 attacks. He said several reports are frozen by the High Court…
Police to Fund Legal Representation for Officers After Rinat Saban Row
Israel Police has approved free legal representation for officers in administrative petitions, after the uproar over Rinat Saban’s outside-funded defense. The policy, set two mont…
Public Integrity Movement Names 2025 Awardees, Rabbi? No, Rivka Michaeli Gets Lifetime Achievement Prize
The Movement for Quality Government in Israel announced its 2025 “Knights of Quality Government” recipients on Tuesday. Rivka Michaeli received the lifetime achievement prize, and…
Yossi Mizrahi to Receive Governance Excellence Honor for Investigative Reporting
Channel 12 investigative reporter Yossi Mizrahi has been selected for the 2025 Quality of Government honor in the media category. The committee praised his public-interest journal…
High Court Freezes State Comptroller Vote and Sets Deadline for the Knesset
The High Court of Justice ordered the Knesset and other respondents to explain why Michael Rabivilio’s election as state comptroller should not be canceled. It set a fast timeline…
High Court Orders Government to Justify State Comptroller Vote After Secrecy Claims
The High Court ordered the Knesset, government, prime minister, Knesset Speaker, and Likud to justify the election of the state comptroller after petitions alleged secrecy violati…
Knesset Rejects Supreme Court Proposal for a New Vote on State Comptroller
The Knesset has rejected the Supreme Court’s proposal to redo the vote for state comptroller, setting up further hearings in the High Court. The petitions claim coalition lawmaker…
Knesset Speaker Rejects Supreme Court Compromise on State Comptroller Vote
Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana رفض a Supreme Court proposal to rerun the vote for State Comptroller. The petitions challenge Michael Ravilo’s election over alleged violations of ballo…
Knesset Committee to Review Possible Ban on Ra'am After Reported Hamas Links
The Knesset National Security Committee will debate Monday whether Ra'am should be outlawed after a Channel 14 report alleged ties between Mansour Abbas and senior Hamas and Islam…
High Court Hears Challenge to New Judicial Appointments Law
Full Supreme Court panel hears petitions against overhaul of judge-selection committee
Israel’s High Court held a full-bench hearing on petitions against the Basic Law amendment changing the judge-selection committee. Petitioners and Attorney General Gali Baharav-Mi…
Protest groups to rally in Tel Aviv against what they call anti-democratic legislation blitz
Protest groups will march and rally Saturday evening in Tel Aviv’s Habima Square against what they call an anti-democratic legislative blitz. They are protesting for election inte…
Supreme Court Orders Removal of Ben Gvir Campaign Video and Awards Costs
Justice Noam Sohlberg ordered the removal of a Ben Gvir video about flotilla detainees and fined him 23,000 shekels in costs. He found the clip contained election propaganda and i…
Opinion Urges Legal Offensive Against Police Violence in Ultra-Orthodox Protests
An Israeli opinion article says ultra-Orthodox protesters should stop relying on local fixers and begin suing abusive police officers. It argues that police violence at demonstrat…
Expanded Supreme Court panel hears challenges to state comptroller appointment
Israel’s Supreme Court heard petitions challenging the appointment of attorney Rabilo as state comptroller, focusing on ballot secrecy and alleged conflict of interest with Benjam…
High Court hears live challenge to Michael Ravilo’s appointment as state comptroller
The High Court of Justice heard live petitions to cancel Michael Ravilo’s election as state comptroller. Petitioners say secret-ballot rules were breached and Ravilo has a conflic…
Bennett's Former Lawyer Appointment as State Comptroller Faces High Court Challenge
Israel's High Court will hear petitions challenging Michael Ravilo's election as state comptroller, citing alleged vote-documentation pressure and his ties to Benjamin Netanyahu…
Supreme Court freezes government move to reshape Second Authority council
Israel’s High Court froze government efforts to change the Second Authority for Television and Radio council and kept the current body in place. The justices also said there is a…
Supreme Court Ruling Clears the Way for Potential Resumption of Reshet 13 Sale
Israel’s Supreme Court ruled that the outgoing Second Authority Council can continue operating and may review the stalled sale of Reshet 13. The decision freezes the government’s…
Tally Gotliv attacks critics ahead of Knesset immunity vote
Likud MK Tally Gotliv attacked the opposition, the Movement for Quality Government, and Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara ahead of tomorrow’s Knesset vote on her request for sub…
Knesset Legal Adviser Seeks to Reject Petitions Against Rabilo’s Election as State Comptroller
The Knesset legal adviser is urging the High Court to dismiss seven petitions against Michael Rabilo’s election as state comptroller. The response says there is no solid evidence…
Rabillo Tells High Court His Election as State Comptroller Was Lawful
Michael Rabillo told Israel’s High Court that his election as State Comptroller was legal and denied political dependence claims. The Movement for Quality Government and retired j…
High Court Rejects Interim Relief Request in Petition Against Netanyahu Aides
Israel’s High Court rejected an urgent injunction request by the Movement for Quality Government in a petition tied to Yonatan Urich and other Netanyahu-linked figures. The court…
Group asks court to hold Justice Minister in contempt over stalled judge appointments
The Movement for Quality Government asked the High Court to hold Justice Minister Yariv Levin in contempt for not fully implementing a ruling on district judge appointments. The c…
Second Authority Council Member Says She Was Pressured to Quit, Then Blocked From Returning
Dr. Marlene Vanig told Israel’s High Court that she was pushed to resign from the outgoing Second Authority council and later blocked from rescinding that decision. Her affidavit…
Police Remove Right-Wing Activist After Heated Clash With Public Integrity Chairman
Mordechai David posted video of a late-Saturday confrontation with Eliad Shraga, head of the Movement for Quality Government. The exchange turned into mutual insults, police were…
Former police chiefs petition High Court against new police investigations law, saying it undermines independence
Former police chiefs and the Movement for Quality Government petitioned Israel’s High Court on Thursday against a new law removing Mahash from the State Attorney’s Office and plac…
State Prosecutor criticizes new Police Investigations Unit law as petition filed with Supreme Court
State Prosecutor Amit Isman criticized the new law changing the status of the Department for Investigating Police Officers, saying its independence is essential to public trust an…
New Law Removing Police Investigations Unit From State Prosecutor Sparks Uproar
The Knesset approved a new law overnight removing the Department for Investigation of Police Officers from the State Attorney's Office and reestablishing it as an independent body…
'The Process Was Contaminated': Petitions to the High Court After the State Comptroller Vote, and the Outrage
Attorney Michael Rabillo, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s lawyer and personal adviser, was elected State Comptroller in a secret Knesset vote on Wednesday. The Movement for Qu…