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MK Boaz Bismuth attends a Knesset Arrangements Committee meeting, Dec. 13, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Reform opponents disrupt Likud MK speech during Holocaust Remembrance Day

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Anti-judicial reform protesters interrupted member of Knesset member Boaz Bismuth of the Likud Party as he spoke at a Holocaust memorial service at a Tel Aviv synagogue on Monday evening. Several protesters shouted “Shame” at...
The first meeting between different political parties concerning judicial reform, led by Israeli President Isaac Herzog (center), took place at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem on March 28, 2023. Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO.

Israel’s president expresses optimism on judicial reform compromise

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Israel’s President Isaac Herzog in an interview published on Wednesday expressed optimism that a compromise on judicial reform was possible. Since Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on March 27 announced a pause in the legislative process until...
Israelis attend a rally in support of judicial reform in Tel Aviv on March 30, 2023. Photo by Erik Marmor/Flash90.

Typically thought a ‘silent majority,’ government supporters rally in Tel Aviv

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On Thursday evening in Tel Aviv, supporters of judicial reform—about 30,000 by some estimates—rallied in Tel Aviv. Photos and videos on social media depicted masses of people and seas of Israeli flags. Although judicial reform has been...
Israelis protest in Jerusalem in support of the judicial reform program, March 27, 2023. Photo by Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90.

100,000 rally for reform in Jerusalem

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A massive demonstration in support of judicial reform took place on Monday evening in Jerusalem at the same time that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a pause in the legislative process to allow negotiations. More than...
Protesters block Route 1 between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem over the Israeli government's judicial reforms, Feb. 9, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Anti-reform protests reveal police double standards

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What began as Saturday evening mass protests against the government’s judicial reform program have morphed into “days of disruption” and increasingly extreme behavior as demonstrators block highways, clash with police, blockade Knesset members in...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presenting part of a drone shot down during a meeting with Germany's foreign minister in Tel Aviv on May 20, 2021. Credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO.

Netanyahu heading to Berlin to meet German chancellor, president

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will yet again need to bypass protesters in order to depart for a diplomatic trip from Ben-Gurion Airport. Last week the destination was Rome and on Wednesday it is...
Israelis protest in Tel Aviv against the government's judicial reform plan, March 4, 2023. Photo by Gili Yaari /Flash90.

What the rioting left fails to see

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On Sunday, a group of Israeli Air Force reserve F-15I pilots announced that due to their opposition to the Netanyahu government’s judicial reform bills, they would not participate in their squadron’s training mission this...
Israelis protest in Tel Aviv against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government, Feb. 4, 2023. Photo by Gili Yaari/Flash90.

The urgent need for Israeli electoral reform

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Democracy is currently being undermined in many parts of the free world. In Israel, the threat is deeper and wider than either side will admit, given the near-civil war that has erupted over the government’s...
Israelis protest against the government's planned judicial overhaul, in South Tel Aviv, March 1, 2023. Photo by Erik Marmor/Flash90.

Anti-reform protests turn violent on ‘Day of National Disruption’

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Demonstrations in Israel against the government’s judicial reform program turned violent on Wednesday, which protest leaders dubbed a “Day of National Disruption.” Police used stun grenades to disperse protesters blocking the Ayalon Highway in Tel...
Israeli President Isaac Herzog attends the funeral of former Knesset speaker Shevah Weiss at Mount Herzl Cemetery in Jerusalem, Feb. 5, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Herzog in the crosshairs

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In an op-ed on Friday in The Jerusalem Post, attorney Russell Avraham Shalev of the Kohelet Policy Forum explains what’s missing from Israeli President Isaac “Bougie” Herzog’s proposed judicial-reform compromise, despite its “many positive elements.” “While Herzog sounded many...