Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu said Israel makes its own decisions, rebuffing the U.S. president’s suggestion that that the premier drop a contentious plan to overhaul the country’s legal system

The funding will focus on initiatives that support free and independent media, combat corruption, bolster human rights, advance technology that improves democracy, and support free and fair elections

‘At a time of unnecessarily strained relations between Jerusalem and Washington, Florida serves as a bridge between the American and Israeli people,’ the Florida governor said in a press release

Netanyahu in a prime-time speech on Monday night acknowledged the divisions roiling the nation and announced a monthlong delay for the legislation

‘When there’s an opportunity to avoid civil war through dialogue, I, as prime minister, am taking a timeout for dialogue,’ Netanyahu said in a nationally televised address

Departing flights from the country’s main international airport were grounded Monday, diplomats walked off the job, and large mall chains and universities shut their doors

Protesters in Tel Aviv blocked a main highway and lit large bonfires, while police scuffled with protesters who gathered outside Netanyahu’s private home in Jerusalem

The move signals the prime minister will move ahead this week with plans to overhaul Israel’s judiciary, which has sparked widespread opposition in parliament and on the streets

The government’s plan to increase its control over the judiciary has sparked the largest protest movement in Israeli history and triggered a grave national crisis, including even warnings from the president of civil war

The motion would shield the Israeli leader from being deemed unfit to rule because of his corruption trial and claims of a conflict of interest

It was the latest move by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government, dominated by settler leaders and allies, to promote settlement activity in the territory

The White House said Biden reiterated U.S. concerns about the measure to roll back the judiciary’s insulation from the country’s political system

The divide over Netanyahu’s plans to change the legal system has not spared the country’s military, its most trusted institution

The main protest in the central city of Tel Aviv drew tens of thousands of people

Despite the effort by the country’s figurehead president to seek a way out of the stalemate, the sides appeared to be further digging in

President Isaac Herzog’s proposal would abolish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to give parliament the power to strike down Supreme Court rulings with a simple majority

The steps were the latest in a series of moves by Netanyahu’s coalition to overhaul Israel’s legal system

The prime minister’s coalition advanced a bill that would protect the long-serving leader from calls that he be removed from office over his corruption charges

Some reservists are refusing to show up for duty and former commanders are defending their actions as a natural response to what they see as an impending change toward autocracy

The Israeli army raided the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday, Palestinian health officials said, leading to a shootout

Demonstrators outside the salon chanted, “shame, shame” — but did not try to force their way inside

The killing comes a day after two Israelis were killed by a Palestinian man in the northern West Bank

Officials say the main theme of Blinken’s conversations with Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas will be ‘de-escalation’

The moves, along with escalating violence, further raised tensions as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in the region

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened his Security Cabinet late Saturday to discuss the burst of violence

The attack, which occurred as residents were observing the Jewish sabbath, came a day after an Israeli military raid killed nine people in the West Bank