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Israel's ultra-Orthodox status quo is unsustainable - opinion

This cannot and should not continue. Long-term yeshiva study should be for true sages, not all haredim.

 Haredi men dressed in traditional ultra-Orthodox garb stand behind a group of religious IDF soldiers
 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen speaking at a memorial ceremony for Ze'ev Jabotinsky on Mount Herzl, in Jerusalem, on July 18, 2023.

Don't change judicial selection process without opposition consensus - editorial

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a 40 signatures debate, at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 26, 2023.

How Netanyahu dropping override clause changes Israel's judicial reform - analysis

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, 25 June 2023.

Netanyahu: I threw override clause out of Israel's judicial reform


Declaring a PM 'incapacitated' will require 90 MKs' approval, coalition proposes

Simcha Rothman: Israel's attorney-general is biased and is manipulating public opinion on judicial reforms.

 Benjamin Netanyahu visits at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, the night before the Israeli general elections, October 31, 2022

Confronting Israel's earthquake: The judicial reform crisis - opinion

Our government is steamrolling a judicial change that is threatening the very essence of democracy. Tens of thousands continue to question why this is happening, yet the answers cannot be questioned.

 THE WRITER at a Netanya demonstration against proposed judicial reform.

Israeli judicial reform nuance: Both sides have legitimate concerns - opinion

For there to be proportion, people need to realize that both sides of the Israeli judicial reform debate have legitimate concerns.

 An aerial view shows the massive protest on Monday in Jerusalem. A compromise is only possible the moment both sides want it.

Lapid proposes 60-day freeze on legislation

Levin and Rothman: No connection to Israel's judicial reforms, which will continue on schedule.

 Israeli Prime Minister and Head of the Yesh Atid party Yair Lapid holds a press conference in Tel Aviv on December 22, 2022.

Alan Dershowitz's 3 compromises to fix Israeli judicial reform - opinion

The current battle is not about democracy. It is about justice, the rule of law and minority rights, which are essential to making a democracy the best and fairest it can be.

 POLITICAL RALLIES and other legitimate forms of protest do not create the atmosphere necessary for nuanced compromise, says the writer.

Israeli judicial reform: Where do Herzog, Levin/Rothman plans differ? - explainer

Herzog's negotiations, if they move forward, would be another development on legal issues that have long been debated in the halls of the Knesset and academic circles.

 President Isaac Herzog speaks on Israel's judicial reform on February 12, 2023

President Herzog's proposed judicial reform fix lacks critical aspects - opinion

As a starting point, the president’s proposal accepts many of the dangerous assumptions underlying the current coalition proposal.

 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG delivers his address to the nation, on Sunday night.

Judicial reform would weaken Israel's 'crown jewel' courts - Irwin Cotler

Given his expertise, Irwin Cotler has been called upon in recent weeks to comment on Justice Minister Yariv Levin’s proposed judicial reforms, bringing his life and career back into the limelight. 

 Prof. Irwin Cotler

Judicial reform: Israel needs a Zionist constitutional convention

We appeal to President Herzog to convene the Zionist constitutional convention of our time, to wrest true democracy from the liberal theocracy of which we hypocritically boast in vain.

 David Ben-Gurion declares Israel’s independence in Tel Aviv on May 14, 1948, underneath a portrait of Zionist visionary Theodor Herzl.

Judicial reform will give Israeli gov't limitless power to abuse citizens

If Israel passes the judicial reform, the majority’s ability to trample human rights and abuse Israeli citizens will have no effective limit.

 Justice Minister Yariv Levin