Tag: Israeli Politics
Netanyahu nixes proposed Basic Law on Torah study
A bill proposed on Tuesday to define Torah study as a "core state value" is "off the table and will not be advanced," said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling Likud Party, after members...
Most Israelis unhappy with the state of democracy
More than half of Israelis are dissatisfied with how democracy works in their country.
The results from the Central Bureau of Statistics' 2022 Social Survey on the Perception of Democracy and Civic Engagement were published...
The showdown in Israel continues as judicial reform advances
Israel’s Supreme Court is either under attack or undergoing necessary reform, depending on who you ask.
While there is talk of shelving the larger judicial reform package originally proposed by the government, a bill seeking...
Herzog’s duty is to stand with Israel’s elected government
When Israeli President Isaac Herzog arrives in Washington next week, he’ll get the kind of red-carpet treatment that is reserved for the friendliest and most important U.S. allies. The Jewish state certainly qualifies under...
Herzog compares political turmoil to Roman destruction of Jerusalem
Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Sunday compared Israel’s current political conflict to those that the Jewish people went through in the period leading up to the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans in 70...
Gallant asks ministers to eschew politics on Memorial Day
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant sent a letter to government ministers and Knesset members on Thursday requesting that they stress unity in official state speeches on Israel’s Memorial Day and Independence Day next week.
“I would...
Judicial reform talks resume in Jerusalem
Negotiations over the Israeli government’s judicial reform initiative resumed on Monday as coalition representatives met with counterparts from the Yesh Atid and National Unity parties at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog,...
‘The Israeli economy is one of the strongest and most stable there is’
Despite the external and domestic challenges Israel has faced in the past several weeks due to ongoing terrorism and the protest over judicial reform, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has been maintaining an upbeat...
Anti-reform protests reveal police double standards
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...
Dershowitz: ‘Judicial reform will not undercut democracy’
U.S. attorney Alan Dershowitz said the Netanyahu government’s judicial reform program does not endanger Israel’s democracy and might even enhance it, speaking on Wednesday during an online debate with Professor Eugene Kontorovich.
The rare respectful...