Thousands of Israelis protest after government pushes through key reform
Tel Aviv (AFP) – Thousands of Israelis took to the streets Saturday to protest the government's decision to forge ahead with its judicial reform package despite widespread…
Browsing Tag
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli doctors walk out, unions threaten general strike after passage of judicial…
Thousands of Israeli doctors walked out of work, labor leaders threatened a general strike and senior justices rushed home from a trip abroad Tuesday, a day after the government…
Protests continue in Israel as Knesset prepares to vote on judicial reform
Last-ditch efforts to reach a compromise dragged into the night as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepares to put a key plank of his government's controversial judicial…
Netanyahu recovers from emergency heart surgery as judicial overhaul moves forward
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu underwent surgery to implant a pacemaker on Sunday, just hours before lawmakers began debate on a controversial judicial overhaul bill…
Tens of thousands of Israelis protest against judicial reform ahead of final vote…
Tens of thousands of Israeli protesters rallied in Tel Aviv and near parliament in Jerusalem on Saturday, intensifying action against a controversial judicial reform bill that…
Defiant Netanyahu vows to press ahead with key vote on contentious judicial reform
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday vowed to press ahead with his contentious judicial overhaul, despite unprecedented mass protests at home, growing…
Protesters against Israeli judicial overhaul block roads, army headquarters
Israelis on Tuesday marched on highways and blocked army headquarters in Tel Aviv in the run-up to a parliament vote on the government's judicial reform agenda protesters say…
Israel’s Netanyahu hospitalised but in ‘good condition’, PM’s…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was undergoing medical checks in an Israeli hospital on Saturday but was in good condition, his office said, with no indications of a potential…
Israelis block highways in protest over plan to overhaul judiciary
Israeli protesters blocked highways leading to Jerusalem, Haifa and Tel Aviv at the start of countrywide demonstrations Tuesday against the government's planned judicial…
Israel’s Knesset to vote on controversial judicial overhaul
Israel's parliament began examining a controversial bill Monday that would limit court powers, in a new political offensive to push ahead with a judicial overhaul that has split…