Israel’s Supreme Court hears arguments in showdown over judicial curbs

Maayan Lubell Reuters  /  September 12, 2023 JERUSALEM – Israel's Supreme Court heard petitions for over 13 hours on Tuesday challenging measures by Prime Minister Benjamin...

Israel bans items displaying Palestine flags, symbols of Palestinian nationalism in Jerusalem

Middle East Monitor  /  September 12, 2023 Israeli police in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem have banned shop owners selling t-shirts featuring the...

Israel bans items displaying Palestine flags, symbols of Palestinian nationalism in Jerusalem

Middle East Monitor  /  September 12, 2023 Israeli police in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem have banned shop owners selling t-shirts featuring the...

IDF media intrusions drop, but self-censorship remains in full force

Haggai Matar +972 Magazine  /  September 18, 2023 While redactions fell to a 12-year low, Israel’s military censor is still violating press freedom and blocking vital...

Palestinian doctors to walk out after PA backtracks on deal

Middle East Monitor  /  September 12, 2023 The Palestinian Doctors’ Syndicate has ordered all its members to walk out at 6pm local time today after...

Lapid: Reports of talks between Gantz, Netanyahu are untrue

Middle East Monitor  /  September 12, 2023 Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid said that reports indicating that talks were being held between Prime Minister Benjamin...

Israel’s contentious legal overhaul comes to a head as judges hear cases on their...

Julia Frankel AP  /  September 12, 2023 JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul plan has plunged the country into nine months of unrest...

An anti-migrant offensive in Israel

Alex Kane Jewish Currents  /  September 12, 2023 Recent police violence against Israel’s Eritrean minority is a window into the government’s escalating hostility towards non-Jewish immigrants.  On September...

Israeli academics and artists call on Biden and UN to shun Netanyahu during his...

AP  /  September 12, 2023 JERUSALEM – Thousands of Israeli academics and artists have urged U.S. President Joe Biden and United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres...

What is Israel’s judicial overhaul about and what happens next ?

Bethan McKernan The Guardian  /  September 12, 2023 Constitutional crisis on cards as supreme court justices are asked to consider curbing their own powers. Israel’s Supreme Court...