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Israeli Justice Minister threatens to renew contentious judicial overhaul
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Raising the spectre of a constitutional crisis, Israeli Justice Minister Yariv Levin threatened to renew a judicial overhaul stalled by war, accusing the High Court of Justice of overstepping its authority by undermining the Knesset's legislative and the government's executive powers in a le
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Israeli opposition slams Justice Minister over calls to resume judicial ov
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Israeli National Unity party leader Benny Gantz denounced Justice Minister Yariv Levin's push to revive Israel's judicial reform initiative, calling it a disaster that contributed to the nation's internal divisions and the events of October 7. Levin's comments followed an attack on Prime Min
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PTI to hold nationwide protests following judicial overhauls in Pakistan
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party Pakistan Tehreek-I-Insaaf (PTI) has given a fresh call for nation-wide protests starting in Islamabad for ensuring the independence of judiciary.
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Israel's Supreme Court strikes down Netanyahu govt's judicial overhaul law
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
By a decision of eight votes to seven, the Supreme Court decided that the government's modification to the so-called reasonableness law should be rejected.
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Israel will not agree to ceasefire in Gaza unless Hamas releases hostages:
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
"Take this (word 'ceasefire') out of the lexicon. We will continue until we defeat them; we do not have an alternative," Netanyahu is quoted saying in a statement from his office.
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Israel's Supreme Court holds first hearing challenging Netanyahu's judicia
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The Israeli Supreme Court has heard the first petition challenging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's contentious judicial overhaul, reported Al Jazeera on Tuesday.
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Tensions high as Israeli Supreme Court convenes on judicial overhaul
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Opponents of the judicial overhaul filed petitions against the “Reasonableness Law” to restrict judges’ use of the “reasonableness” standard.
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Israel: Senior Navy Reserve Officer suspended over judicial reform protest
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The Israel Defence Forces confirmed on Thursday that a senior naval reserve officer was suspended from duty after telling his commanding officers he would refuse to serve in protest against the government’s judicial overhaul initiative.
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Israel: Thousands take to street against Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Tens of thousands of Israeli protestors took to the streets on Saturday against the judicial overhaul, as the protests against the plan entered the 32nd week, Times of Israel reported.
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Israel will attack every metre of Lebanon in self-defence, says Israel Def
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Gallant stated that Hezbollah and other Lebanese officials might mistakenly believe that they can test Israel more now because of the IDF reservist crisis, in which 10,000 reservists have announced they are quitting to protest the government's judicial overhaul, according to The Jerusalem
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"Major changes in democracy must have broad consensus": White House on Isr
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Reacting over the polarising "Reasonableness" bill in Israel's Knesset, the White House called the "slimmest possible majority" as "unfortunate" and said that major changes in Democracy to be enduring must have as broad a consensus as possible.
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Israel Parliament passes “Reasonableness” bill to limit judicial power
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The bill in Israel's parliament was passed by a vote of 64-9 with all members of the governing coalition voting in its favour.
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