Thousands of Israelis protest against Netanyahu’s justice plans

Thousands of Israelis joined demonstrations on Saturday against judicial reform plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government, which protesters say would threaten the democratic checks and balances on ministers by the courts. The plans, which the government says are needed to curb encroachment by activist judges, have drawn fierce opposition from groups including lawyers, […]

Netanyahu says Israel not bound by ‘disgusting’ UN vote

The UN General Assembly asked the ICJ to give an advisory opinion on the legal consequences of Israel’s “occupation, settlement and annexation … including measures aimed at changing the demographic composition, character and status of the Holy City of Jerusalem”. Huh.” Members of Netanyahu’s new government have pledged to fortify the settlements with development plans, […]

Will Netanyahu clip the wings of his new cabinet?

Netanyahu’s conservative Likud party now retains the defense and foreign ministries. But the optics around Ben-Gvir and Smotrich may still prove inflammable for him – for example, if one visits or prays at Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa Mosque compound, a symbol of Palestinian nationalism. It is also the holiest site for Judaism. Ancient Temple. Netanyahu’s last […]