Israel's Supreme Court has opened the first case examining the legality of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial judicial overhaul, lurching towards a showdown with the nation’s far-right government. The latter has split Israel in two ever since it announced plans to reform the country’s judicial system, which would see the Supreme Court weakened. We speak to Yuval Shany, professor from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Faculty of Law and former member of the UN Human Rights Committee.
UNESCO plans to vote on listing the city of Jericho as a World Heritage site, following its nomination by the Palestinian Authority. Located on Palestinian territories, remains uncovered at a site near modern Jericho date back to the Neolithic age. The proposal has sparked anger in Israel, which quit the UN body in 2019, accusing it of anti-Israel bias.
