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Netanyahu agrees to delay judicial reform after union threatens general strike

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday announced a pause to a set of divisive judicial reforms moving through parliament. The move came hours after the head of Israel’s top trade union called for a general strike following weeks of mass protests.

France 24

Israel's Netanyahu fires minister after judicial reform comments

Jerusalem (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday fired Defence Minister Yoav Galant a day after he broke ranks, citing security concerns in calling for a pause to the government's controversial judicial reforms.

AFP

Israel's Netanyahu sacks defence minister after call to suspend judicial reforms

Thousands of Israelis took to the streets on Sunday in protest after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed his defense minister who had urged the government to halt a highly contested plan to overhaul the judicial system.

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Israeli FM: UAE pardons Israeli citizen after drug sentence

Israeli officials say the United Arab Emirates has pardoned an Israeli woman after initially sentencing her to death for drug possession

The Independent UK

UAE pardons Israeli jailed on drugs charges, Israel says

The United Arab Emirates has pardoned and released an Israeli woman who was jailed for drug trafficking last year and had initially faced execution, Israeli President Isaac Herzog said on Saturday.

Reuters

Netanyahu vows unity as Israelis mass against justice reforms

Tel Aviv (AFP) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged on Thursday to restore unity in Israel where divisions have widened over his government's judicial reform programme and police fired water cannon at protesters blocking a highway in Tel Aviv.

AFP

Israel's Netanyahu vows unity as thousands decry justice reforms

Tel Aviv (AFP) - Israeli divisions over the government's judicial reform programme widened Thursday as police fired water cannon at protesters blocking a highway in Tel Aviv and right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to restore unity.

AFP

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Longtime Israel backers in US turn outraged critics — but Biden administration remains distant

WASHINGTON — With massive street protests, a mutiny by elite military reserve officers and outrage from diplomats, academics and former officials, Israel seems steeped in epic crisis.

Los Angeles Times

Israelis protest for 11th week against judicial reforms

Tel Aviv (AFP) - Israelis gathered in towns and cities nationwide on Saturday for an 11th straight week of protests against the judicial reform plans of the hard-right government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

AFP

Netanyahu defiant on legal reform as Scholz urges compromise

Berlin (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday fiercely defended disputed legal reforms on a visit to Berlin, where German Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged him to reconsider a compromise.

AFP

Israelis back on streets after Netanyahu rejects reforms compromise

Tel Aviv (AFP) - Israeli protesters returned to the streets Thursday to rally against proposed judicial reforms, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a compromise plan touted by the country's president.

AFP

Israel’s President Isaac Herzog Pushes “People’s Plan” For Court Reform

Israeli President Isaac Herzog presented what he termed the “people’s plan,” referring to a compromise judicial-reform proposal

Zenger

What are the Israeli protests about and what happens next?

Plans to overhaul judicial system have sparked biggest protest movement in Israeli history

The Guardian - UK

Israelis step up protests after Netanyahu rejects compromise

Israeli protesters are pressing on with demonstrations against a contentious government plan to overhaul the judiciary

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Israelis step up protests after Netanyahu rejects judicial compromise proposal

Israeli protesters pressed ahead on Thursday with demonstrations against a contentious government plan to overhaul the judiciary, pushing back against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after he rejected a compromise proposal that was meant to defuse the crisis.

Al Jazeera

Protests resume in Israel after Netanyahu rejects compromise

PM Netanyahu rejected a proposal from President Herzog that had attempted to defuse the country’s judicial crisis.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israelis Step up Protests After Netanyahu Rejects Compromise

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Under fire over legal reforms, Netanyahu to face critics in Berlin

BERLIN - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, under heavy fire at home over planned legal reforms, was due to arrive Wednesday in Berlin where Germany's leaders will also urge him to reconsider the overhauls.

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The Independent UK

Jewish Americans press Israeli leaders to compromise

A senior delegation of Jewish-American leaders is paying a flash visit to Israel to urge leaders to find a compromise over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious plan to overhaul the country’s judicial system

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel MPs Push on with Legal Reforms Decried as Threat to Democracy

Israel's parliament took another step Tuesday to push forward a legal reform package that has sparked mass protests against the hard-right government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Lawmakers in a 3:00 am (0100 GMT) vote approved a bill in first reading that would, among other things, allow the Knesset to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Scholz to Discuss with Netanyahu Bilateral Cooperation, Regional Security

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is scheduled to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a working lunch in Berlin on Thursday, a German government spokesperson said on Monday. The two leaders would discuss bilateral issues as well as international and regional security questions, the spokesperson, Steffen Hebestreit, said. "The…

Zenger

Israel Slams South Africa Parliament Decision To Downgrade Ties

Israel on Wednesday slammed as "disgraceful" the South African parliament's decision to downgrade Jerusalem's embassy in Pretoria to a liaison office

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel’s President Calls to Scrap Judicial Overhaul as Protests Mount

Israel's president urged the government to abandon attempts to push through bitterly contested plans to overhaul the judiciary and seek a model with broad support as tens of thousands of protesters returned to the streets on Thursday. The drive by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hard-right government to enact sweeping changes…

Wales Online

Fiddler on the Roof star Chaim Topol dies, aged 87

The Oscar-nominated actor was reportedly diagnosed with dementia last year.

Axios

Protests over Netanyahu's judicial overhaul plan rock Israeli military

Hundreds of reservists say they will not serve if the plan to weaken Israel's Supreme Court is implemented.

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