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Knesset votes to allow Israelis to resettle evacuated outposts

The amendment could see Israelis resettle four outposts in the northern occupied West Bank evacuated in 2005.

Al Jazeera

Israeli Finance Minister Denies Existence Of A Palestinian People In Paris Speech

Bezalel Smotrich on denied the existence of a Palestinians, saying that it was Jews such as his that were the true Palestinians

Zenger

Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu softens judicial overhaul after Biden call

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced a softening of his hard-right government's judicial overhaul plan.

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Netanyahu Softens Pace, Focus of Judicial Overhaul After Biden Call

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a softening on Monday of his hard-right government's judicial overhaul plan, an apparent bid to calm more than two months of unprecedented nationwide protests and misgivings voiced by Western allies. The announcement followed a call to Netanyahu by US President Joe Biden who, according…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Netanyahu softens judicial overhaul but showdown with top court looms

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday announced a softening of his judicial overhaul plan but an unallayed opposition said it would still challenge key legislation in the Supreme Court, setting the stage for a constitutional showdown.

Reuters

Hundreds of elite Israeli reservists say they are joining judicial protests

A group of Israelis describing themselves as reservists in elite military and intelligence units said they would not turn up for some duties from Sunday, escalating protests at the hard-right government's planned judicial overhaul.

Reuters

In the Israeli Battle Over Judicial Review, Democracy Is the Problem, Not the Solution

Opponents of the reforms favored by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should acknowledge the threat posed by unconstrained majority rule.

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Israel’s President Isaac Herzog Pushes “People’s Plan” For Court Reform

Israeli President Isaac Herzog presented what he termed the “people’s plan,” referring to a compromise judicial-reform proposal

Zenger

What are the Israeli protests about and what happens next?

Plans to overhaul judicial system have sparked biggest protest movement in Israeli history

The Guardian - UK

Middle East: recent developments could rewrite the political map – but a lot will depend on Israel

Following political developments in the past fortnight, two state-level policy changes in the Middle East are likely to combine to have a substantial impact on regional stability.

The Conversation

Israel MPs Push on with Legal Reforms Decried as Threat to Democracy

Israel's parliament took another step Tuesday to push forward a legal reform package that has sparked mass protests against the hard-right government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Lawmakers in a 3:00 am (0100 GMT) vote approved a bill in first reading that would, among other things, allow the Knesset to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Controversial judicial law passes first vote in Israeli Knesset

Bill that weakens Supreme Court passes first reading, alongside a bill that would protect PM from removal.

Al Jazeera

Netanyahu allies push on with bill to weaken Supreme Court

Israel’s parliament has advanced a bill that would let lawmakers pass legislation that the Supreme Court cannot overturn

The Independent UK

Biden administration grants US visa to extremist Israeli minister

Jewish American leaders urged US to block visit of Bezalel Smotrich, who has described himself as a ‘fascist homophobe’

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March of the unicorns: Israel’s tech sector rebels against Netanyahu ‘power grab’

Proposals to neuter the country’s judiciary have spooked entrepreneurs who had seemed immune to the political weather

Reason

A Consistent Approach to Protecting Judicial Review in Both the US and Israel

Why I oppose both right-wing efforts to neuter judicial review in Israel and left-wing attempts to do the same in the US.

Zenger

Israeli President Announces A Close Agreement To Judicial Reform As Lawmakers Seek Common Ground

Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday told a gathering of some 100 municipal officials that a compromise judicial reform

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli Settlers Held in Administrative Detention for Planning Attacks on Palestinian Villages

The Israeli army detained two settlers, out of 16 it had arrested, after determining they planned the attacks on Palestinian villages, a week after 400 extremist Jewish settlers attacked the town of Huwara, south of Nablus. Security sources said the two settlers did not cooperate with the interrogators, and it…

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The Guardian - UK

Israel is at a crucial crossroads: it can save itself or slide into despotism

Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has quickly transformed into the country’s gravest threat

Zenger

Israeli Attorney General Authorizes A Law Enforcement Investigation Against A Knesset Member.

Israeli Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara has given the green light for a police investigation of Zvika Fogel

Zenger

Netanyahu Addresses Israeli Nation In The Wake Of The Protests Sweeping The Country

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke out against the violent protests that roiled the country concerning judicial reform.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Bill on ‘Executing Prisoners’ Passes Preliminary Knesset Vote

The Knesset on Wednesday advanced a bill to impose the death penalty on Palestinian captives, approving it in its preliminary reading. The primary legislation stipulates that courts will be able to impose the death penalty on those who have committed a nationalistically motivated murder of an Israeli. According to the…

France 24

Israeli police use stun grenades, water cannon in crackdown on protests against judicial reform

Weeks of anti-government protests in Israel turned violent on Wednesday for the first time as police fired stun grenades and a water cannon at demonstrators who blocked a Tel Aviv highway. The crackdown came shortly after Israel’s hard-line national security minister urged a tough response to what he said were…

Axios

Trump's former ambassador to Israel slams Netanyahu's judicial overhaul plan

Friedman said he favors judicial reform in Israel but the overhaul plan will harm the court’s ability to protect minority rights.

The Independent UK

Israelis step up protests over government's legal overhaul

Israelis are stepping up their protests against a contentious government plan to overhaul the judicial system

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