Israel’s legal system is colliding with wartime decision-making, and the consequences could reshape the country’s future.

In this episode of “Basic Law,” hosted by Aylana Meisel, executive director of the Israel Law & Liberty Forum, veteran legal scholar Yaakov Ben-Shemesh returns to unpack a series of unprecedented legal interventions that are influencing Israel’s military and political strategies during the war in Gaza.

As the fighting with Hamas in Gaza continues and the return of the remaining 50 hostages remains urgent, Israel’s judiciary has taken extraordinary steps—from a Supreme Court order demanding explanations on hostage negotiations to a controversial letter from Israeli legal academics declaring the war itself “illegal.”

Aylana and Ben-Shemesh analyze how lawyers, professo

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