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Government apathy fingered as spiking Arab slayings reverse hard-fought gains

On Monday night, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with MKs from the Hadash-Ta’al party to discuss the drastic rise in murders that has beset...

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Supreme Court justice says he’s ‘worried’ about Ben Gvir police law during hearing

Supreme Court Justice Isaac Amit said he was “a worried citizen” due to what he implied was a lack of constraints present in a new law delineating...

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Hearing on controversial E1 settlement project scheduled for next week

A key settlements planning committee is set to convene next week to discuss the plans for the highly controversial E1 settlement project east of...

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Israel to develop policies for AI use, Netanyahu says after talks with Musk, Altman

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he intends to formulate a national policy regarding civil and security uses for artificial...

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Ben Gvir touts czar to halt wave of killings, as Arab MKs turn to Netanyahu instead

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir announced plans Monday to appoint a policy coordinator to help tackle rampant bloodshed in the Arab...

05.06.2023 20

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Rights group demands criminal probe of Gallant and Smotrich over Homesh yeshiva

The Yesh Din organization has written to Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara demanding a criminal investigation of two cabinet ministers regarding the...

04.06.2023 20

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30,000 march in Jerusalem Pride Parade under tight security but without incident

Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered in central Jerusalem on Thursday afternoon for the Jerusalem Pride Parade to call for tolerance toward the...

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Former Supreme Court justice Yaakov Turkel dies aged 88

Former Supreme Court Yaakov Turkel, who served with distinction in the judiciary for 38 years, passed away on Monday afternoon at the age of 88....

29.05.2023 10

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At Haredi demand, contentious resolution will list Torah study among Zionist values

A controversial resolution by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hardline coalition to assert “the values of Zionism” in government policy will...

29.05.2023 10

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Yeshiva gets new home in north West Bank outpost as legalization efforts gather steam

A new building for a yeshiva at the illegal West Bank outpost of Homesh was constructed overnight at a new site, a long-term goal of the settlement...

29.05.2023 30

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Why Netanyahu has put a halt to a handful of radical coalition measures – for now

Immediately following the approval of the two-year state budget last week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared the inauguration of a new era of...

28.05.2023 10

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Ben Gvir issues veiled threat to AG over government resolution on ‘Zionist values’

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir of the far-right Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) party issued a thinly veiled warning on Sunday morning...

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Far-right proposal saying gov’t policy must adhere to ‘Zionist values’ set for vote

A government resolution to assert “Zionist values” over all matters of government policy and in particular those relating to the settlement...

25.05.2023 30

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Budget dedicates billions for West Bank roads, settlements and illegal outposts

The state budget passed in the early hours of Wednesday morning will invest several billion shekels in West Bank settlements and transportation...

25.05.2023 30

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Lapid accuses government of giving Haredim ‘our tax money to ensure they won’t work’

Opposition leader Yair Lapid, chair of the Yesh Atid party, on Tuesday denounced the government’s proposed state budget as “destroying the...

23.05.2023 10

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Ultranationalist MK says goal of new law is to resettle north West Bank settlements

The ultimate goal of a law passed in March repealing part of the 2005 Disengagement Law is to resettle four evacuated Jewish settlements in the...

22.05.2023 10

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Triumphalism and ethno-nationalism take center stage at Jerusalem Day events

Thursday’s Flag March for Jerusalem Day was an event of both national celebration as well as fervid nationalistic sentiment, which was once again...

19.05.2023 30

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‘Flower March’ spreads ‘love, inclusion’ to counter contentious Jerusalem Flag March

The Tag Meir coexistence organization conducted its ninth annual Flower March through the Old City of Jerusalem Thursday morning as a counterpoint to...

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Opposition parties deny reports of progress in judicial overhaul negotiations

Opposition parties Yesh Atid and National Unity insisted Wednesday there has been no breakthrough in negotiations with the coalition for a judicial...

17.05.2023 30

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Police brace for all possibilities at Jerusalem Flag March as Hamas issues threats

Jerusalem Police were in the throes of intensive preparations Tuesday for securing the Jerusalem Day Flag March in two days’ time, including drills...

16.05.2023 10

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Menachem Begin championed judicial review now under Likud attack, former aide says

Former prime minister Menachem Begin was a driving force in ensuring that government action was subject to legal review, and even urged his attorney...

16.05.2023 30

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Knesset to elect Judicial Selection Committee MKs, Levin unlikely to convene panel

The election of two MKs to the critical Judicial Selection Committee will go ahead within the next month despite earlier coalition plans to push off...

15.05.2023 30

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Former aide says Netanyahu sought deal with Yedioth publisher to secure election win

A former aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu testified on Tuesday that his boss had sought an agreement with Arnon “Noni” Mozes, the...

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High Court rejects petition seeking immediate razing of Khan al-Ahmar

The High Court of Justice rejected on Sunday a petition demanding that the government immediately demolish the illegal West Bank Bedouin encampment of...

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‘Day of Equality’ sought to revitalize protests; limited turnout underlines challenge

For two days at the end of March, the rising swell of protests against the government’s radical judicial overhaul program broke into a huge wave...

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Protesters block Ayalon highway, other roads in day of ‘disruption’ against overhaul

Protesters carried out acts of civil disobedience, including blocking major highways, around the country Thursday morning for the latest “Disruption...

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‘Disruption Day’ on Thursday as overhaul protest groups seek to reenergize streets

The protest movement against the government’s judicial overhaul is set to stage another “Day of Disruption” on Thursday and will conduct...

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Netanyahu’s Haredi allies turn up heat, reiterate demand for military exemption law

Some of the ultra-Orthodox coalition parties escalated their rhetoric Tuesday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the lack of progress in...

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McCarthy extols ties at Knesset, vows full support for Israeli security against Iran

In an effusive and enthusiastic speech to the Knesset plenum, Speaker of the US House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy pledged Monday that the US...

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Overhaul backers turn thrice-struck asylum seeker law into emblem of court activism

Amid the fire and the fury of the last four months of protest against the government’s judicial overhaul program, there have been a few occasions in...

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Religious, settler groups lead charge on Thursday’s pro-overhaul ‘Million March’

Supporters of the coalition and proponents of the government’s far-reaching judicial overhaul program are gearing up for a mass demonstration in...

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Government asks High Court not to force immediate demolition of Khan al-Ahmar

The government has asked the High Court of Justice to dismiss petitions demanding the state immediately demolish the illegal Bedouin encampment of...

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High Court orders Gallant to allow Palestinians to attend joint Memorial Day event

The High Court of Justice has ordered Defense Minister Yoav Gallant to allow some 150 Palestinians invited to the annual Joint Israeli-Palestinian...

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IDF reservists protesting overhaul urge activists not to demonstrate on Memorial Day

A group representing reservist soldiers protesting against the government’s judicial overhaul program has called on its activists not to demonstrate...

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Looking back at half a century of iron-fisted Assad rule over Syria

As Arab nations prepare to meet in Saudi Arabia to discuss rehabilitating Syrian President Bashar Assad, AFP looks back at more than 50 years of the...

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Protest leaders vow intensified civil disobedience if overhaul push restarts

Leaders of the protest movement against the government’s judicial overhaul have threatened to deploy new forms of civil disobedience if lawmakers...

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Judicial overhaul negotiation teams hold talks on anchoring fundamental rights in law

Negotiation teams for the coalition and opposition parties over the government’s controversial judicial overhaul program discussed the possibility...

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Thousands, including ministers, march to illegal West Bank outpost under heavy guard

Under heavy security protection, thousands of settler activists and members of right-wing organizations, together with senior government ministers,...

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‘How will I explain to your mother?’ wails father of terror victim sisters at funeral

In an outpouring of anguish and sorrow, thousands of mourners gathered on Sunday afternoon to pay their last respects to sisters Maia Dee, 20, and...

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Officials close criminal probe of cybersecurity firm formerly headed by Gantz

The State Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday that it decided to close a criminal investigation into the dealings of a now-bankrupt company that had...

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Ben Gvir rolls out plan for 2,000-officer gendarmerie force under his command

Ultranationalist National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir will ask the government on Sunday to approve the creation of a national guard force with...

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US lauds pause on judicial overhaul, blasts bills Netanyahu has been seeking to pass

The Biden administration welcomed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement on Monday that his government would be temporarily halting its...

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Netanyahu says he’s delaying overhaul to allow dialogue, but vows reform will happen

In a prickly speech Monday night, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced he was temporarily delaying his government’s highly contentious...

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High Court dismisses petition that sought to order Netanyahu to recuse himself

The High Court of Justice on Monday rejected outright a petition that requested it order Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to recuse himself, writing...

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Legal scholars from Poland, Hungary warn of judicial overhaul’s dangers to democracy

Constitutional scholars from Poland and Hungary, two countries seen to have undergone democratic backsliding in recent years, warned that Israel was...

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Panel head churns through judicial appointment objections; opposition: ‘Dictator’

The Constitution, Law and Justice Committee descended into pandemonium again on Sunday with chairman MK Simcha Rothman seeking to power through...

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Would the High Court dare strike down the coalition’s judicial appointments law?

With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterating Thursday night that the coalition will next week push to enact the first part of its judicial...

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Opposition decries ‘political arrests’ as several central protest leaders detained

Several leaders and prominent members of the protest movement against the government’s judicial overhaul were arrested during the course of the...

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Smotrich: We’re listening to legal overhaul opponents but legislation will be passed

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich asserted on Tuesday that the government was attentive to the concerns of opponents to the judicial overhaul program,...

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

Chaos descended Monday morning on the government’s plans to overhaul Israel’s judicial system, as the coalition proposed a new model for judicial...

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