of expression against competing interests reflected under legislation authorizing lim-itations on such freedom, Israeli courts have applied various balancing formulas, including by limiting the scope of freedom of expression “by time, space, frequency, etc., to achieve proper balancing, without having one of the [protected] interests complete-ly withdrawn.” 2 Amnon Rubinstein, The Constitu-tional Law of the State of Israel 1001 (5th ed., 1996) (in Hebrew).     

Israel’s Supreme Court has balanced competing interests in a number of cases including when freedom of expression conflicted with public safety, judicial ethics, public morality, and a person’s right to a good name.  Aharon Barak, Interpretation in Law 461-62 (1993) (in Hebrew).

 

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