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
On the streets of Mexico and Israel people are not just rejecting undemocratic reforms, they are in uproar facing an imminent loss of freedom
Over the past 11 months, someone created thousands of fake, automated Twitter accounts to offer a stream of praise for Donald Trump and attack his critics
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
The presence of top officials at the meeting, as well as delegations from Egypt, Jordan and the United States, underscored the severity of the crisis
More than 102 people were wounded in what was one of the bloodiest battles in over nearly a year of fighting
The 7.8 magnitude tremor is the strongest recorded in the region in more than 20 years
Naftali Bennett said that during his mediation, the Russian leader dropped his vow to seek Ukraine’s disarmament and the Ukrainian president promised not to join NATO
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
The Iranian Defense Ministry offered no information on who it suspected carried out the attack
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
The Israeli raid on a West Bank refugee camp that the Palestinians say killed nine people is likely to dominate his talks in Jerusalem and Ramallah
A 60-year-old woman was killed in the operation, according to Palestinian health officials
