Judicial Administrative Review in Times of Discontent: The Israeli Supreme Court and the Second Palestinian Uprising

This article describes the complexity and diversity inherent ill the Judicial review of the military In Israel. Using leading cases it emphasizes the significant achievements of the court from 1948 to 2000. It also provides a representative sample of the issues that arose during the Second Intifada of 2000 that came before the Supreme Court. It argues that the Court attempts to balance non-interference in warfare with maintaining the effective review of the legality (essentially the reasonableness and proportionality) of IDF actions, in the territories. It concludes that the court is perhaps more likely to broker an agreement than issue an order instructing the military oil Combat activity, but the court does have this option In its arsenal, and uses it judiciously.