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Doctors attend an emergency conference organized by the Histadrut, on the Israeli government's planned judicial overhaul, at the ICC in Jerusalem. July 23, 2023. Photo by Chaim

Israeli labor court orders doctors to end strike

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An Israeli labor court on Tuesday afternoon ordered the Israeli Medical Association to end its day-long strike over the judicial reform law passed the previous day. Israeli Health Minister Moshe Arbel had filed an injunction...
Opponents of reform face off against police at Ben-Gurion Airport, July 11, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.

Thousands protest on ‘Day of Resistance’ to judicial reform

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Police arrested 71 persons on Tuesday who participated in protests and violated public order as thousands of opponents of the government’s judicial reform initiative blocked highways and interchanges across the country after the Knesset...
Israelis protest at Ben-Gurion Airport against the judicial reform initiative, March 9, 2023. Photo by Erik Marmor/Flash90.

Regev warns of ‘harsh’ response if protesters block Ben-Gurion

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Opponents of judicial reform should expect a “harsh” response if they disrupt traffic at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Monday, Israeli Transport Minister Miri Regev says. The leaders of the protest movement against the coalition’s judicial reform initiative, which...
Anti-judicial reform protesters and hotel security and staff clash at the Pastoral Hotel in Kfar Blum, Israel, May 15, 2023. Source: YouTube.

Violence breaks out at protest of Israeli minister’s visit

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A violent altercation occurred between opponents of judicial reform protesters and security personnel during a visit by Economy and Industry Minister Nir Barkat to a hotel in northern Israel on Monday. The demonstrators had gathered at the...
Former Public Security Minister Omer Barlev, chairman of the board of Angel Bakeries, at a "Brothers in Arms" protest outside the home of venerated Rabbi Gershon Edelstein in Bnei Brak, May 4, 2023. Photo by Flash90.

Anti-haredi sentiment and the boycott of Angel Bakeries

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As the leaders of Israel’s protest movement have acknowledged, judicial-reform legislation is only part of the impetus for the demonstrations. This is why the pause in the process to enable negotiations didn’t cause them...

Blessed is the knower of secrets

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In Judaism, whenever one sees a gathering of 600,000 or more Jews, this blessing is recited: “Blessed are you, Hashem our God, king of the universe, knower of secrets.” What is implied by this blessing?...
Flag of Israel. Credit: Ri Ya/Pixabay.

Which Israel are you celebrating on its 75th birthday?

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When planning for Israel’s 75th anniversary began last year, the assumption on the part of those preparing for events was that it would be just like every other Yom Ha’atzmaut or Independence Day if...
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi at a ceremony at military headquarters in Tel Aviv, Jan. 1, 2023. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

The ruling class must regain its senses

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A group of soldiers from a company of Israel Defense Forces’ reservists in the Golani Infantry Brigade abandoned their posts at their training base in southern Israel on Tuesday and went home. The reservists...
Thousands of Israelis protest against judicial reform at the Azrieli junction in Tel Aviv, April 8, 2023. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.

Israel’s protests are now crossing sacred red lines

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Israel’s three-month-old protest movement, which has repeatedly brought tens of thousands into the streets, is now crossing an increasing number of red lines. There are serious anxieties that protests will disrupt next week’s Remembrance Day...
Israeli President Isaac Herzog delivers an address at Yad Vashem on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Jerusalem, April 17, 2023. Credit: Kobi Gideon/Government Press Office.

Holocaust remembrance and inexcusable hyperbole

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During his Holocaust Remembrance Day speech on Monday night at Yad Vashem, Israeli President Isaac Herzog admonished the public never to invoke the genocide of the Jews in any context other than the Shoah itself. This was...