
Biden calls Israel’s Netanyahu with judicial plan ‘concern’
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 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
On the streets of Mexico and Israel people are not just rejecting undemocratic reforms, they are in uproar facing an imminent loss of freedom
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
More than 102 people were wounded in what was one of the bloodiest battles in over nearly a year of fighting