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Israel’s president calls for halt to judicial overhaul after mass protests

Thousands took to the streets on Sunday after Benjamin Netanyahu sacked his defence minister for opposing the controversial changes

The Guardian - UK

Israeli gov’t in crisis, Netanyahu to speak on judicial plan

Israeli President Herzog has called for PM Netanyahu to back down after a night of protests against his plan.

Al Jazeera

Netanyahu fires defense minister who dissented on court plan

TEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired his defense minister 24 hours after the aide made a dramatic speech saying a contentious plan to reduce the power of the Supreme Court is a threat to national security and should be halted.

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Defence minister urges pause to reforms as Israelis protest again

Tel Aviv (AFP) - Tens of thousands of Israelis rallied in Tel Aviv Saturday against a controversial judicial overhaul, as Defence Minister Yoav Galant broke ranks to call for a pause to the government reforms.

AFP

Defence minister calls for pause to reforms as Israelis protest

AFP

Israelis Protest Ahead of Crunch Week for Justice Reforms

Thousands of Israelis rallied in Tel Aviv Saturday against a controversial judicial overhaul by the hard-right government, ahead of a key week expected to see more legislative steps and mass protests. The latest demonstration to hit Israel's commercial hub came days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to press on…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israelis protest ahead of crunch week for justice reforms

Tel Aviv (AFP) - Thousands of Israelis rallied in Tel Aviv Saturday against a controversial judicial overhaul by the hard-right government, ahead of a key week expected to see more legislative steps and mass protests.

AFP

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Military Sources in Tel Aviv: Hezbollah Built 30 Watchtowers on Borders

Military sources in Tel Aviv said Thursday that Hezbollah’s “Al-Rudwan Unit” has established in the past six months, 30 new watchtowers at the Lebanese-Israeli border, forcing the Israeli army to take several secret and open measures to confront them. The 18-meter-high towers are manned 24 hours a day by Hezbollah…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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

Israelis hit the streets again to protest judicial reform

Tel Aviv (AFP) - Israeli police on Thursday fired water cannon at protesters blocking a highway in Tel Aviv, an AFP journalist said, as demonstrators across the country rallied against the government's judicial reform programme.

AFP

Netanyahu summons Israeli defence minister as judicial overhaul strains coalition

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu summoned his defence chief on Thursday after reports the minister wanted to halt the government's judicial overhaul plans, as cracks opened in the ruling coalition over the bitterly disputed project.

Reuters

Oldest known Hebrew Bible displayed in Israel ahead of sale

Tel Aviv (AFP) - The oldest known near-complete Hebrew Bible was presented to the press on Wednesday in Tel Aviv, where it will be displayed for a week before going under the hammer in New York.

AFP

Hundreds of elite Israeli reservists say they are joining judicial protests

A group of Israelis describing themselves as reservists in elite military and intelligence units said they would not turn up for some duties from Sunday, escalating protests at the hard-right government's planned judicial overhaul.

Reuters

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Israelis protest against planned judicial overhaul for 11th week

Israelis packed city streets on Saturday in nationwide demonstrations now in their 11th week against plans by the hard-right government to curb the Supreme Court's powers, which critics see as a threat to judicial independence.

AFP

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

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.

France 24

Israeli 'handmaids' march against government's judiciary overhaul

It's become an ominous fixture of the mass anti-government protests roiling Israel: a coil of women in crimson robes and white caps, walking heads bowed and hands clasped. They are dressed as characters from Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel, “The Handmaid's Tale,” and the eponymous TV series.

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Al Jazeera

Huge crowds rally against Israel’s judicial changes for 10th week

Organisers say 500,000 people attended Saturday’s protests, making them some of the ‘biggest in Israeli history’.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Netanyahu Offers Rome Gas in Exchange for Embassy

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni a deal to sell Rome Israeli gas for a lower price in return for recognizing Israel’s annexation of Eastern Jerusalem, declaring Jerusalem the unified capital of Israel, and moving its embassy from Tel Aviv. “I believe the time has…

Al Jazeera

Three wounded in Tel Aviv shooting, Israeli police say

Israeli police said the assailant has been ‘neutralised’ after he opened fire near a café on Dizengoff Street.

Reuters

Shooting in Tel Aviv, three people wounded -medical officials

Three people were wounded in shooting in Tel Aviv on Thursday and were being treated by emergency services, Israel's ambulance service said, as television footage showed large numbers of police and medical workers at the scene.

France 24

Israelis protesting judicial reform force Netanyahu airlift

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had to be airlifted on Thursday to the country's main international airport for an official overseas trip, after throngs of cars and protesters prevented him from driving there.

Al Jazeera

Defence secretary says US ‘disturbed’ by Israeli settler violence

Lloyd Austin meets senior Israeli officials as protesters rally against the government’s controversial judicial reforms.

The Independent UK

Israelis stage 'day of resistance' against Netanyahu plan

Israeli protesters were intensifying their opposition to a contentious government plan to overhaul the judiciary

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