قوه قضائیه

Israel's highest court, sitting in Jerusalem. Dual role as final court of appeal and as the High Court of Justice (Bagatz) hearing direct petitions against state authorities, making it the most visible and most debated branch of the Israeli judiciary.

The Attorney General (Yoetz HaMishpati LaMemshala) and the State Prosecution, Israel's senior legal officers, responsible for advising the government, representing the State in court, and overseeing all criminal prosecutions across the country.

The state-recognized network of Jewish religious courts (Batei Din), headed by the two Chief Rabbis, with exclusive jurisdiction over Jewish marriage and divorce, the institutional embodiment of halachic personal-status law in the Jewish state, alongside parallel courts for Muslim, Christian, and Druze communities.