ABSTRACT
Israel’s Supreme Court, or High Court of Justice, has come to take center stage, at least for those interested in politics. The sociological and political changes experienced by Israel after the rise of the Likud Party to power and the signing of the peace treaty with Egypt contributed to the higher profile assumed by the Court. The convention in Israel law was that the Basic Laws were not different from ordinary laws. The issue of equality takes scholars to the complex question of the status of the Israeli Arabs, those Palestinians who are citizens of Israel. Again, this question is a good illustration of the fundamental change in the Court’s role. Utopian Zionism stands for the proposition that Israel aspires to behave as a model state. Ever since Justice Meir Shamgar joined the Supreme Court, first as an associate justice and then as Chief Justice, the expansion of the protection of freedom of expression has been accelerated.
