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Israel: Former Defence Minister Benny Gantz calls Netanyahu government ‘cl
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Former Minister of Defence and a current opposition leader in the Knesset Benny Gantz decried Monday’s vote to pass part of the government’s controversial judicial reforms, calling it a difficult day in which “the State of Israel lost.”
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"Major changes in democracy must have broad consensus": White House on Isr
Updated : 2 years, 7 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, 7 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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Israeli PM Netanyahu expects to be back at work Monday
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he expects to get back to work on Monday. Netanyahu entered the hospital Saturday to have a pacemaker implanted and since then the deputy prime minister, Justice Minister Yariv Levin, has been serving as acting prime minister of Israel.
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Israel: Protests in Jerusalem ahead of final Knesset votes on judicial ‘Re
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Many of the protesters marched the 40 miles from Tel Aviv, with others joining along the way. The protesters pitched tents at Gan Sacher Park near the Knesset, Supreme Court and other government institutions.
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Israel PM Netanyahu undergoes successful pacemaker implantation ahead of f
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Israel Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu has been successfully fitted with a pacemaker in a successful surgery that took place in early hours of Sunday, almost a week after he was admitted to a hospital for dehydration and had a heart monitoring device implanted, The Times of Israel reporte
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Thousands of Israelis march ahead of final votes on judicial bill
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Thousands rallied against the controversial judicial reform bill that faces a final vote early next week, protesters set up a ‘tent city’ near Knesset after the multi-day march, Times of Israel reported.
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Knesset hears plans to deal with flooding from climate change
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
As part of the Knesset’s Environment Day, representatives of the Ministry of Environmental Protection participated in a special discussion in the Interior and Environmental Protection Committee chaired by MK Ya’akov Asher, on the subject of coastal authorities dealing with the effects of cli
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Protests erupt in Israel as Netanyahu govt advances plan of judicial overh
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
In Tel Aviv and other Israeli cities, tens of thousands of protesters gathered and vowed "days of disruption" as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right administration decided to advance its plan to reform the judiciary, Al Jazeera reported.
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Otzma Yehudit’s Kroyzer elected to sit on key judicial panel
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Israel’s Knesset on Wednesday elected Otzma Yehudit lawmaker Yitzhak Kroyzer to the nine-member Judicial Selection Committee, responsible for appointing judges at all levels of Israel’s civil court system.
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Israelis protest judicial overhaul after Knesset advances legislation
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Opponents of the Israeli government’s judicial overhaul initiative began blocking highways and interchanges across the country on Tuesday after the Knesset overnight voted to advance key legislation.
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Protests across Israel ahead of vote on judicial overhaul Bill
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The protests were held across Israel, on Saturday night, for the 27th straight weekend against the government's plan to overhaul the judiciary with a legislation package that would roll back some Supreme Court powers and give the coalition decisive sway in picking judges.
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