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Opposition to Netanyahu plan mounts as unions launch a broad strike across Israel

Tens of thousands of Israelis poured into the streets of cities to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu firing his defense minister for challenging the Israeli leader's judicial overhaul plan.

WEKU

Israeli gov’t in crisis, Netanyahu to speak on judicial plan

Israeli President Herzog has called for PM Netanyahu to back down after a night of protests against his plan.

Al Jazeera

Israel's military reservists are joining protests – potentially transforming a political crisis into a security crisis

The judicial overhaul plan of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, introduced in January, has thrown the country into its most severe domestic crisis since 1973. That crisis intensified on March 26, when Netanyahu fired the country’s defense minister, who had – less than 24 hours before – called on…

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Dissent grows over Israel’s judicial reforms

A top lawmaker from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party has echoed a call to pause a contested judicial overhaul.

The New Daily

Netanyahu sacks defence minister, sparking mass protests

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday sacked Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, triggering mass protests, a day after Gallant broke ranks with the government and urged a halt to a highly contested plan to overhaul the judicial system.

Reuters

How far-right American Jews are enabling Netanyahu’s court takeover

Rabbi Gilad Kariv, a Labour party member of Israel’s parliament, warns ultra-conservative members are pushing tighter controls

The Guardian - US

Scores arrested on Israeli day of protest as parliament passes judicial changes

At least 75 people held across country on ‘day of disruption’ as Knesset approves law designed to protect Netanyahu

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Israelis block streets in anti-government ‘Day of Shutdown’

Protests have escalated since Netanyahu introduced new legislation that would limit the authority of the Supreme Court.

Al Jazeera

Israeli law restricts conditions for ousting PM

Israel has ratified a law limiting the circumstances in which a prime minister can be removed from office.

The New Daily

Israel ratifies law limiting conditions for a Netanyahu ouster

Israel ratified a law on Thursday limiting the circumstances in which a prime minister can be removed, despite worries voiced by a government jurist that it may be meant to shield the incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu from any fallout from his corruption trials.

Reuters

Netanyahu seeks to soothe US concerns over settlement repeal

Israel's prime minister says his government has ''no intention" to return to four settlements in the occupied West Bank dismantled in 2005 under a law that was repealed by the Israeli parliament this week

The Independent UK

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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Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

Reuters

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.

Reason

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

The Guardian - UK

What are the Israeli protests about and what happens next?

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

The Conversation

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.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

Al Jazeera

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.

The Independent UK

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 Guardian - US

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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