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DeSantis ponders ending AP classes for Florida students

Tribune News Service · Feb 14, 2023

Tens of thousands of Israelis protest Netanyahu’s controversial court reforms

Demonstrators shout ‘Shame! Shame!’ and ‘Israel will not be a dictatorship!’ over what they see as an attack on the country's democratic institutions

The Independent UK · Feb 13, 2023

Major Israeli protests against judicial overhaul threaten unrest

Tens of thousands of Israelis protested against government plans to reduce the power of the judiciary, hours after President Isaac Herzog warned the country is on the verge of “constitutional and social collapse.”

Tribune News Service · Feb 13, 2023

Israeli president: "Powder keg about to explode" over judicial overhaul plan

President Isaac Herzog presented a five-point plan to start talks on judicial reforms that he hopes will garner broad consensus.

Axios · Feb 12, 2023

Israel's president urges Netanyahu to delay legal overhaul

Israel’s president has appealed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to delay a contentious plan to overhaul the country’s judicial system and instead seek a compromise with his political opponents

The Independent UK · Feb 12, 2023

Israeli judicial reform legislation won't be halted, justice minister says

Israel's justice minister said on Sunday he would not freeze "for even a minute" the legislative process for proposed judicial reforms that have drawn widespread condemnation both domestically and globally.

Reuters · Feb 5, 2023

Israel Urges NATO to Confront Iran’s Threat

Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Thursday urged the NATO military alliance to toughen its approach to Iran, as Tehran supplies drones to Russia for its war on Ukraine. "The crisis there goes beyond the boundaries of Ukraine, with the Iranian threat now at Europe's doorstep," Herzog said on a visit…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 26, 2023

Israel’s Herzog urges EU to fight resurgent antisemitism

Israeli President Isaac Herzog says antisemitism is on the rise in the Western world and he is urging the European Union to ensure that Jews can live safely on the continent where the Holocaust took place

The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2023

Netanyahu's chaotic first month

Mass protests. International condemnation. The sacking of one of his most trusted ministers.

Axios · Jan 25, 2023

Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett Wieghs In On Controversial Judicial Reforms

“It will harm the foundations of the State of Israel, its economy and its citizens, and it may tear the rope that connects us all”

Zenger · Jan 19, 2023