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The Jerusalem Magistrate's Court put off the consideration of Knesset member Simcha Rothman's request for a restraining order 

Constitutional crisis on cards as supreme court justices are asked to consider curbing their own powers

Opposition protests as coalition-led push for judicial reform gains momentum.

As judicial reform negotiations resumed and will only continue talks if the government convenes the Judicial Selection Committee.

Isabel Kershner of the New York Times has written an absorbing account of a country at war with itself

Architect of Israel’s judicial changes doubles down for next round of legislative battle when Knesset reconvenes in May

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition has been plunged into chaos over its bitterly contested plans to overhaul the judiciary.

It's become an ominous fixture of the mass anti-government protests roiling Israel: a coil of women in crimson robes and white caps, walking heads bowed and hands clasped. They are dressed as characters from Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel, “The Handmaid's Tale,” and the eponymous TV series.

Coils of red-robed and white-capped women are becoming ominous fixtures of the mass anti-government protests roiling Israel