Ehud Barak, a former Israeli prime minister who is helping to lead the protest movement against Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, visited the late, disgraced billionaire Jeffrey Epstein “dozens” of times, a report says.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sounded an optimistic note on judicial reform Sunday as his Cabinet reconvened following the spring holidays — as one key supporter warned that the survival of the government depended on passing it.
Hundreds of thousands of Israelis turned out Thursday evening in Jerusalem to march in support of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial reforms, in answer to similar protests by the opposition in Tel Aviv.
Israelis came together on Tuesday night and Wednesday to celebrate 75 years of independence despite internal political divisions that the country’s ceremonial president, says are the country’s worst internal crisis ever.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled a speech to the Jewish Federations of North America this week in Israel after threats of protests from an organization that has historically tried to stay politically neutral.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this week that his proposed judicial reforms reflect the ideals of America’s Founding Fathers, which he absorbed while spending part of his childhood in Philadelphia.
The Moody’s credit ratings agency downgraded Israel’s economic outlook from “positive” to “stable” on Friday over tensions related to the ongoing political fight over the government’s proposed judicial reforms.
The internal fight over judicial reform in Israel, which threatened to trigger a civil war a few weeks ago, could soon be resolved in a compromise that enshrines basic civil rights and limits the power of the Supreme Court. Reports,
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid, who has led protests against judicial reform in his country, flew to the U.S. Monday to meet with Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), who has proposed the most radical reforms in U.S. history.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau blasted Israel over its proposed judicial reform on Wednesday, though he himself is involved in the appointment of judges, along with other elected officials.
Gallant is living up to his Biblical namesake: King David wanted to fire Yoav, or Joab, as his general for insubordination after the latter jeopardized peace talks
Left-wing activists invaded the office of the Kohelet Policy Forum on Sunday in Jerusalem, targeting the free-market think tank that came up with most of the judicial reforms embraced by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.
Israel’s Movement for Quality Government (MQG), which received funding from the U.S. State Department, is trying to stop Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from speaking about his own government’s judicial reforms.
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) defended Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, following harsh criticism from President Joe Biden over reforms to Israel’s judiciary.
What happened in Israel was not democracy at work. The military is involved. And we must be honest: it is involved in America, too.
The Biden administration canceled the travel authorization of a government scientist on Tuesday who was to have traveled to Israel to participate in a conference in Israel, the latest sign of a creeping U.S. boycott.
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Governor of South Carolina Nikki Haley blasted President Joe Biden Wednesday for interfering in Israeli domestic politics, saying the U.S. would never tolerate the same.
Vice President Kamala Harris, who considered packing the U.S. Supreme Court when she ran for president in 2019, joined President Joe Biden Wednesday in opposing Israel’s judicial reforms: “We are all watching.”
A chorus of leaders on Israel’s political right attacked President Joe Biden for his criticisms of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, calling Biden “weak” and claiming Israel is “more democratic” than the U.S.
The unrest in Israel is a “revolt” by “elites who want to maintain their control over the country,” according to conservative American-Israeli columnist Caroline Glick who lauded the “tactical retreat” of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after he declared pausing the judicial reform legislation to allow for negotiation amid large public protests.
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides said Tuesday that President Joe Biden will invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House soon, in the wake of Netanyahu’s decision to pause judicial reforms.
The chaos on the streets of Israel today is a preview of what will happen in the United States if a Republican, especially Donald Trump, wins the presidency in 2024: the left will try to make the country ungovernable.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared in a national address Monday that he was pausing his judicial reform legislation to allow for negotiation, but vowed that reform would pass in one way or another.
The White House again lectured Israel on the dangers of “fundamental changes” without “the broadest possible base of popular support.”
Ambassador Asaf Zamir, Israel’s Consul General to New York, resigned Sunday in protest at the Israeli government’s ongoing judicial reforms, following the firing of Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant earlier that day.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing calls from parties within his governing coalition to fire Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant, who called Saturday for a pause in ongoing judicial reform legislation.
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides has come under intense scrutiny for dictating to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on how to run his government, and in particular, his — and the Biden administration’s — open contempt for the proposal to reform Israel’s left-leaning judiciary.
In a rare move, the Biden administration summoned Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Herzog over a bill striking down parts of a “discriminatory and humiliating” 2005 law that call into question Israel’s historical right to the land.
Big finance has emerged as the next pressure group stopping at nothing in its quest to overturn the Israeli government’s plan for judicial reform, with bank heads and treasury officials issuing grim threats it will turn “turn Israel into a dictatorship.”
Feminist pioneer and author Phyllis Chesler has spoken out against the vociferous protests in Israel against judicial reform, noting that they are using uncivil, undemocratic means while claiming to defend democracy.
The White House said Monday that there were no plans to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Washington, nearly three months after he took office, denying a courtesy traditionally shown to a key U.S. ally.
White House strategic communications chief John Kirby said Monday that the U.S. was urging the Israeli government to reach a compromise with the opposition over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial reforms.
President Joe Biden urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to review his government’s plans to reform the country’s left-leaning judicial system in a “frank and candid” phone conversation on Sunday, according to a senior U.S. administration official.
President Joe Biden has warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against pursuing judicial reform — after his own administration considered a radical proposal to pack the Supreme Court with liberal justices.
Leading figures in Israel’s financial, political, and social elite, some of whom have played prominent roles on the global stage, are joining the unruly protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial reforms.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to criticism from German Chancellor Olaf Sholz about his proposed judicial reforms, noting that Germany, too, uses politicians to select the country’s judges.
President Joe Biden likes to warn us about a rising tide of “autocracy” worldwide, but the greatest danger to democracy lately comes from those who claim to be defending it.
Israel’s President Isaac Herzog on Monday gathered about 100 local municipal officials to discuss an outline for negotiations regarding the judicial reform, a draft of which was later leaked to the press and slammed by members of the coalition and the opposition alike.
Israel’s Netanyahu-led government passed the first of three readings of a bill in the contentious judicial reform plan overnight on Tuesday, granting the ruling coalition more control over the appointment of judges.
Protesters in Israel claiming to be “pro-democracy” have trapped several members of the Knesset (MKs) in their private homes in an effort to prevent them from leaving for the legislature to pass a judicial reform bill.
