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Changes to judicial overhaul leave just 10 days to re-do constitutional framework

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Jeremy Sharon

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Likud firmly backs new proposal to assert control over Judicial Selection Committee

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IDF top brass said to warn reservist no-shows could impact readiness within a month

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Ostensibly softened, Rothman bill gives coalition broad control over choice of judges

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Kolumna Igorja Gošteta: Noč je še mlada in prvi april

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Likud MK warns police chief, citizens could face probes, prosecution over protests

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Bank heads to PM: Stop overhaul immediately, you’ll turn Israel into a dictatorship

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Despite 2,500 reservations filed, coalition aiming to push judicial appointment bill

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The Megiddo explosion presents a new front for Israel

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Dr Adnan Abu Amer

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Tel Aviv Fashion Week sees anti-overhaul protest on the runway

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Jessica Steinberg

Trump calls for protests ahead of ‘arrest,’ slams George Soros again

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ASEAN's Myanmar paralysis underlines its illiberal skew

Authoritarian order grows in reach as democratic world fails to make its case

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Knesset okays repeal of Disengagement Law for northern West Bank in 31-18 final vote

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Israeli army probes soldiers seen vandalizing car in Palestinian town

The military on Tuesday said it had opened an investigation into a video circulating online showing soldiers vandalizing a car in a Palestinian...

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EDITORIAL: Hakamada deserves swift retrial to gain ‘true freedom’

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