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Israel Vows to Protect its Military from Politics

Israeli leaders vowed on Monday to keep the country's conscript military free of politics after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave far-right coalition partners increased control over security forces and settlements in the occupied West Bank. While Netanyahu's conservative Likud party retained the Defense Ministry, which runs the authority that coordinates…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel vows to protect its military from politics

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Reuters

Israeli President Vows To Avoid Constitutional Crisis Which Could Tear ‘Our Nation Apart’

Israeli President Isaac Herzog said on Sunday that "profound" disagreement over the government's judicial reform plan was tearing the country apart, and vowed to work towards averting a constitutional crisis

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An Echo Of American Politics? Many In Israeli Politics Now Worry About Civil War

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday defended his government's judicial reform plan and called on opposition leaders to stop threatening "civil war" and speaking of "the destruction of the state

Zenger

Netanyahu moving ahead on legal overhaul despite outcry

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his government plans to charge ahead with an overhaul of the country’s judicial system

The Independent UK

Israel's Herzog seeks to avert crisis over judicial shakeup plan

Israel's president warned on Sunday that the country faced a constitutional crisis over a contested plan to rein in the judiciary and said he was mediating between parties.

Reuters

Netanyahu is Israel’s own worst enemy. Why won’t western allies confront him?

The hard-right religious coalition is attacking civil liberties at home and becoming an unreliable partner abroad. Its leader is endangering western support for his country, writes Simon Tisdall

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Thousands of Israelis have attended a protest against the Netanyahu government

Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered in central Tel Aviv on Saturday night to protest plans to overhaul the legal system and weaken the Supreme Court.

WEKU

Israelis rally in three cities against Netanyahu legal reforms

Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated in three major cities on Saturday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial reform plans, with organisers accusing him of undermining democratic rule weeks after his reelection.

Reuters

Tens of thousands of Israelis protest Netanyahu’s legal changes

Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on trial for corruption, has made changing the legal system a centrepiece of his agenda.

Al Jazeera

Tens of thousands in Israel rally against Netanyahu's far-right government

Many are angered about the government's plan to weaken the Supreme Court and other democratic institutions.

Axios

Thousands in Israel protest legal changes planned by Netanyahu government

Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered in central Tel Aviv on Saturday night to protest plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government to overhaul the legal system and weaken the Supreme Court — a step that critics say will destroy the country's democratic system of checks and balances.

France 24

Thousands of Israelis Rally against Netanyahu Government

Thousands of Israelis gathered in central Tel Aviv on Saturday night to protest plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government to overhaul the legal system and weaken the Supreme Court — a step that critics say will destroy the country's democratic system of checks and balances. The protest presents…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Thousands of Israelis rally against Netanyahu government

Thousands of Israelis have gathered in central Tel Aviv for a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government to overhaul the country’s legal system and weaken the Supreme Court

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Israel’s Netanyahu Defends Plan to Rein in Judiciary

Israeli Prime Benjamin Netanyahu defended on Friday a proposed shakeup of the judiciary but also indicated changes could be made to draft legislation that critics say would damage democracy and the independence of courts. The 73-year-old political veteran, who is on trial for corruption charges that he denies, returned to…

Reuters

Israel's Netanyahu defends plan to rein in judiciary

Zenger

Knesset Committee To US Ambassador: Jewish Construction In The West Bank ‘should Continue’

Yuli Edelstein and Tom Nides speak about settlements, Iran and bilateral ties.

The Independent UK

Israel's outgoing army chief rebukes far-right government

Israel’s outgoing army chief has warned against plans by Benjamin Netanyahu’s new coalition to grant more control to pro-settler lawmakers and make other changes to the Israeli security establishment

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Abbas allies fear new Israeli government intends to destroy Palestinian Authority

Palestinian minister says ultranationalists in coalition want to create ‘new reality in the West Bank’

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Envoy Visits Ramallah, Palestinians Demand ‘Urgent Solution’

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh briefed the US envoy for Palestinian and Israeli affairs, Hady Amr, on the violations and unilateral measures taken by the new extremist Israeli government against the Palestinians. Amr also met in Ramallah with PLO Secretary-General Hussein al-Sheikh, who said he stressed the need for a…

Axios

Netanyahu judicial overhaul will be "fatal blow" to Israel's democracy, top judge says

“The government’s plan is a relentless attack against the judicial system as if it was an enemy that should be defeated."

WEKU

Journalist says Netanyahu's new government is a 'threat to Israeli democracy'

Journalist Anshel Pfeffer says the Israeli prime minister has a "strange detachment" when it comes to social issues — which opens the door for conservative members of his coalition to make changes.

Al Jazeera

Middle East round-up: Iran sends two more men to the gallows

Here’s a round-up of Al Jazeera’s Middle East coverage this week.

Al Jazeera

Will Israel and Russia forge closer ties under Netanyahu?

Ukraine has expressed its disappointment in sign that the new Israeli government may establish closer ties to Russia.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Former Top Israeli Legal Officials Oppose Judicial Reforms

Former Israeli top legal officials spoke out Thursday against sweeping reforms to the country's justice system planned by the new conservative government, lending their voices to a growing outcry against the proposed overhaul. Seven former attorneys general who have served in the post throughout the last five decades — including…

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