Published 1 year ago

Israel’s Netanyahu to give speech amid judicial overhaul protests

Summary by Ground News

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu summons his defence chief. Defence Minister Yoav Gallant wanted to call for a stop to the plans in the name of maintaining order in military ranks. Gallant has previously voiced worries about a wave of Israelis who have pledged not to heed call-ups for military reserve duty if the reforms proceed.

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Reuters

Netanyahu summons Israeli defence minister as judicial overhaul strains coalition

The Israeli prime minister offered an olive branch to the hundreds of thousands who for months have protested over the plans, but without offering specifics for resolving their differences.

1 year ago·United Kingdom

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The Washington Post

The secretive Israeli think tank behind Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul

The role of the Kohelet Policy Forum in Israel's controversial judicial overhaul has shown the far-reaching political influence of the once obscure think tank.

1 year ago

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National Post

Thousands of Israelis block streets in protest of judicial overhaul

TEL AVIV/JERUSALEM -- Israelis took to the streets en masse on Thursday in protest against the government's overhaul of the court system, blocking roadways across the country and intensifying a months-long campaign decrying the move.

1 year ago·Canada

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The West Australian

Netanyahu's role in Israeli judicial overhaul 'illegal'

Israel's Attorney-General has written to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to advise him his involvement in a plan to overhaul the judiciary is illegal.

1 year ago

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Bloomberg

Israel Passes First Bit of Judicial Plan as Thousands in Streets

Israel’s Parliament approved early Thursday the first part of a planned judicial overhaul, reducing the authority of the legal system to declare the prime minister incapacitated, hours before thousands of Israelis took again to the streets to protest that and other planned changes.

1 year ago·United States

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Arab News

Thousands of Israelis block streets in protest of judicial overhaul

TEL AVIV/JERUSALEM: Israelis took to the streets en masse on Thursday in protest against the government’s overhaul of the court system, blocking roadways across the country and intensifying a months-long campaign decrying the move. Thousands of people waving flags and blaring horns marched on a Tel Aviv thoroughfare stopping traffic in the middle of the workday. Police sprayed

1 year ago·Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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