Tag: Judicial Reform
Netanyahu building support for pro-reform mega-rally
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is working behind the scenes to drum up backing for a “Million-person Protest” planned for Thursday in support of his government’s judicial reform initiative.
Netanyahu has met with stakeholders to...
The ruling class must regain its senses
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...
Reform supporters rally outside former Supreme Court chief’s home
Hundreds of Israelis joined a “freedom march” on Wednesday night that concluded with a demonstration outside the Tel Aviv home of former Supreme Court President Aharon Barak.
Protesters held placards calling the court a “dictatorship”...
Yair Lapid to boycott Israel’s main Independence Day ceremony
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid said on Wednesday that he plans to boycott the traditional torch-lighting ceremony marking the transition from Memorial Day to Independence Day celebrations.
Israel on April 25-26 will mark its 75th...
Reform opponents disrupt Likud MK speech during Holocaust Remembrance Day
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...
El Al captain tells passengers: ‘Holocausts can happen in dictatorships’
The captain of an El Al flight from Tel Aviv to New York on Tuesday was recorded telling passengers in an announcement that “things like Holocausts are potentially to be occurring in dictatorships, and we are...
Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich receives threatening letter in English
Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich received a threatening letter with Nazi symbols on Tuesday, his office said.
The English-language letter accuses the Religious Zionism Party leader of “intending to destroy Israel.” Pictures taken of the...
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...
Israel’s president expresses optimism on judicial reform compromise
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...