Tagged Israel Judicial System

Anti-Netanyahu protest

‘Netanyahu is the devil’ – Protest leader under investigation

judicial reform protest california

Anti-judicial reform protests follow Netanyahu to the US

Justice Minister Yariv Levin

Advancing the ‘will of the people’ – Justice Minister defends judicial reform to US news

Supreme Court hearing

‘Completely contrary to democracy’ – Lawmakers, activists protest Supreme Court hearing on Basic Law

Supreme Court President Esther Hayut

Echoing Justice Minister, Supreme Court President says ‘mortal blow’ to democracy needed to strike Basic Law

Levin protest

6 arrested at chaotic protest outside Justice Minister’s home

Pro-government protest

‘Don’t trample our vote’: Reform supporters rally in Jerusalem

Gali Baharav-Miara

Israeli A-G to Supreme Court: Strike down the ‘reasonableness’ law

poster Mein Kampf

Anti-government protester sparks outrage with sign comparing Netanyahu to Hitler

Shabtai Shavit

Past Israeli heroism does not justify present betrayal – opinion

Simcha Rothman

MK on WhatsApp ‘stalking’ ruling: ‘Drawing the line between protests and harassment’

anti-judicial reform protest

Israeli lawmaker demands closure of ‘stalking’ protest groups on WhatsApp

benjamin netanyahu

Netanyahu caught between a judicial rock and a bureaucratic hard place – analysis

Yair Lapid

Judicial reform or lust for power? Protests all about toppling gov’t, Lapid admits

Netanyahu levin

Netanyahu, Levin reportedly seeking to halt judicial reform

Bin Salman Netanyahu

‘Bet on it’: Netanyahu says Israel about to make history with Saudis

Aharon Barak protest

‘Now it is, now it isn’t’: The constitutional nature of a basic law in Israel – analysis

Israeli Supreme Court justices

Crisis brewing? Israeli Judges Freeze Basic Law, to coalition’s outrage

Supreme Court President Esther Hayut

Supreme Court justice sets Israel on fire – analysis

SCOTUS

Israeli citizen ‘very concerned’ about ‘lack of democracy’ in the US – a satire

Supreme Court President Esther Hayut and justices

In first, all 15 Supreme Court justices to hear petitions against ‘reasonableness law’ curbing their power

Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu to Fox News: ‘Everybody has an opinion on Israel, we’ll make our own decisions’

Yigal Amir

‘Free Rabin assassin from prison’ – on this condition – attorney

ballot election

WATCH: This is what could end democracy on earth, Netanyahu warns

Lapid Netanyahu

Opposition demands judicial reform freeze until 2025; Likud refuses

Amichai Chikli

Aggressive protest forces lawmaker out of Tisha b’Av ‘unity’ event

Virus Outbreak Israel Army Hospital

‘Bolshevik tactics’ – Doctors slam medical strike, seek to form new union

Rebecca Ilovitch and Lavi

‘Why does my son have to pay for a political protest?’- Israel’s medical strike denies child critical surgery

Attorney General Gali Baharav Miara

Forced removal on the horizon? AG asks Supreme Court to void law protecting Netanyahu

The front pages of several Israeli newspapers

Major Israeli newspapers run black front-page ad, calling it a ‘black day for democracy’

Chief Justice Esther Hayut

Israeli High Court justices cut short German visit to study petitions against judicial reform

Kibbutz Hatzerim brawl

‘Life in danger’? Security guard fires at right-wing protest

Knesset protest

EXPLAINER: Israeli judicial reform moving forward – now what?

civil war

‘Israel going into a civil war now,’ declares former Israeli prime minister

Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu: Opposition refused every single compromise

Demonstrators set up bonfires and block a highway during a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, March 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Chaos after the storm: Three protesters run over; protesters hurl sand bottles at police; light bonfires

Yair Lapid

Opposition to petition High Court against ‘reasonableness bill’

Knesset protest

Amid chaos, nation-wide strikes, Knesset passes ‘reasonableness’ bill into law

Knesset protest

MK hit by water cannon as police clear Jerusalem protesters

Big Mall

‘You are hurting your employees’: Small business leader slams tycoons’ strike across Israel, threatens lawsuit

Histadrut

Major businesses, tech firms strike ahead of judicial reform vote – malls, offices close

Professor Amit Segev

‘His heart betrayed him’ – Cardiologist treating Netanyahu slams premier during medical consult

Protesters against the judicial reform

WATCH: Tens of thousands end four-day march to Knesset amid blazing heat

IDF reservists protest

‘We’re on the brink of the destruction’: 10,000 more reservists announce refusal to serve

Blinken Abbas

What does ‘pro-Israel’ Democrat mean in 2023?

Ori Isaac Noy Bar

‘Nazi, loyal to a dictator’ – Leftists attack journalist who won’t refuse reserve duty

Reservists protest

‘Blood on their hands’ – IDF reservists threaten mass refusal: PM, minister fight back against ‘junta’

US Supreme Court

As they attack Israeli judiciary reform, Biden, Democrats undermine US Supreme Court

Biden Lapid

‘Coordination, stoking the fire’ – Biden in cahoots with left-wing lawmakers, says minister

Day of Resistance

‘Day of Resistance’: Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highways blocked, massive protest at Ben-Gurion airport

Tel Aviv protest

‘Don’t make us angry’ – Protest leaders threaten gov’t over upcoming judicial reform bill

Tel Aviv protest

FAIR TARGET? Thousands harass defense minister, family in overnight protest

Benny Gantz Yair Lapid

‘Dictator’: Opposition hurl insults as reasonableness bill passes committee vote

Judicial reform protests

WATCH: Chaos at Ben Gurion – clashes between anti-government protesters, police

Ben Gurion Airport amid the 3rd COVID-19 lockdown

Ignoring safety concerns, ex-prime minister doubles down on support for Tel Aviv airport protest

Benjamin Netanyahu

‘Failure, surrender’ – Netanyahu admits plan to limit judicial overhaul, drawing criticism from allies

Levin protest

‘Liberating the country’ – Fires set, 6 arrested during violent protest at Levin’s home

Netanyahu trial

DERSHOWITZ: ‘For the good of Israel, all charges against Netanyahu should be dropped’

Simcha Rothman

Judicial reform: ‘Reasonableness clause’ bill back on Knesset agenda

Jerusalem Magistrates Court

Knesset delays debate on judicial reform bill due to terror attack