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Supreme Court President Esther Hayut in Nazareth, March 31, 2022. Photo by Eitan Elhadez-Barak/TPS.

High Court justices cut trip short to study petitions against reform law

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Several Israeli Supreme Court Justices visiting Germany cut their trip short and are returning to Jerusalem to study petitions opposition groups filed against the “reasonableness law” the Knesset passed on Monday. All 64 members of...
Anti-overhaul activists block a road during a protest against the government's judicial overhaul near the Knesset in Jerusalem, on July 24, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.

Long-overdue judicial reform process finally underway

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Amid the largest and most well-funded protest movement in Israel’s history, the democratically elected governing coalition passed the first reform in a historic process aimed at bringing Israel’s activist Supreme Court in line with the judicial...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu again called for broad agreements on his government's plans, July 24, 2023. Credit: GPO.

Netanyahu: ‘All agree that Israel must remain a strong democracy’

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu again called for broad agreement on his government’s plans in an address to the nation following the unilateral passing of key judicial reform legislation. On Monday afternoon, all 64 members of Netanyahu’s...
U.S. President Joe Biden holds a press conference with then-interim Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid in Jerusalem, July 14, 2022. Photo by Emil Salman/POOL.

Likud minister says Biden in cahoots with Lapid, Barak

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When U.S. President Joe Biden criticizes the Netanyahu government, he does so in cooperation with opposition leader Yair Lapid and former Prime Minister Ehud Barak, Israel’s Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli said on Tuesday. "President...
U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands during a press conference announcing the Trump administration’s Mideast peace plan on Jan. 28, 2020, in the East Room of the White House. Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead.

Trump, Netanyahu and the renaissance of Soviet apparatchiks

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During the Cold War, when Soviet émigrés tried to tell Westerners what it was like living under Soviet communism, their explanations usually began with a discussion of the media. They would say something like, “You...
Opposition leader Yair Lapid speaks at a protest against the government's judicial reform plan outside the Knesset in Jerusalem. Feb. 13, 2023. Photo by Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90.

Lapid: Time to end Gaza operation

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Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid said on Thursday morning that Israel should unilaterally end its military operation against Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists in the Gaza Strip. “I think it’s time to pack up, this is...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu updates opposition leader Yair Lapid (left) on "Operation Shield and Arrow," May 10, 2023. Photo: Courtesy.

Netanyahu meets with Lapid to discuss Gaza op

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Wednesday morning with opposition leader Yair Lapid to update him on the goals and details of “Operation Shield and Arrow.” Netanyahu’s Military Secretary Maj. Gen. Avi Gil also...
Yesh Atid Party leader Yair Lapid holds a press conference in Tel Aviv, April 9, 2023. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.

Yair Lapid to boycott Israel’s main Independence Day ceremony

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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...
Opposition leader Yair Lapid speaks at a protest against the proposed judicial overhaul outside the Knesset in Jerusalem. Feb. 13, 2023. Photo by Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90.

Orthodox Jewish group: ‘Lapid delegitimizing not just Israeli government, but Israel itself’

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Am Echad, a U.S. group associated with the ultra-Orthodox Agudath Israel of America, sent an open letter to Israeli opposition leader and Yesh Atid Party chairman Yair Lapid on April 11 expressing their “grave...
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Why boycotts of Israel are never kosher

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may have thought that he was initiating a truce in the battle over judicial reform when he paused efforts to pass his legislative initiative. But the demonstrations against the...