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 JUSTICE MINISTER Yariv Levin and his Likud colleague David Amsalem, minister at the Justice Ministry and regional cooperation minister, talk while they walk in the Knesset this week

Which direction is the judicial reform wind blowing in?

 YESH ATID head MK Yair Lapid and National Unity head MK Benny Gantz seen in happier times and last month, in the Knesset.

Lapid and Gantz go from united duo to trouble in paradise

By TAL SHALEV
 THEN-FOREIGN MINISTER Shimon Peres signs the Oslo Accords, witnessed by (from R) PLO chairman Yasser Arafat, prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and US president Bill Clinton, at the White House, Sept. 13, 1993.

UN commemorates Shimon Peres with new releases of his speeches

 TURKISH PRESIDENT Tayyip Erdogan arrives at an election rally.

Erdogan wins again in Turkey: What does it mean for the Middle East?

 ACTS SUCH as spitting on Armenian priests in the Old City have become routine: A young clergyman takes part in Sunday mass.

Jerusalem for everyone? Tensions simmer in Israel's divided capital

 MK BENNY Gantz speaks to the media in Sderot last week. Yair Lapid may prefer chaos, and Benjamin Netanyahu may prefer delay, but that’s why their polls keep plummeting while Gantz’s is rising, says the writer.

Israeli election poll: Benny Gantz regains decisive lead over Netanyahu

 National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Israel Police chief Kobi Shabtai.

Israel Police risk politicization with Ben-Gvir's Police Law -A-G

 Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, spiritual leader of Degel HaTorah party seen at his home in the ultra orthodox Jewish town of Bnei Brak, on February 14, 2023

How will Rabbi Edelstein's passing affect ultra-Orthodox politics? - analysis

 THE HIGH Court of Justice has been a paper tiger in everything concerning the Netanyahu bloc’s interests, says the writer

Labor, city leaders petition Israel's High Court against Arnona Fund

 PROTESTERS AGAINST judicial reform at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, May 13, 2023.

Israel's economists warn of dire consequences of proposed judicial reforms

By DEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE
 SECURITY AND rescue personnel take cover as a siren sounds, warning of incoming rockets from the Gaza Strip, in Sderot, on Thursday.

Coalition shoots down bill to build fortified emergency room in Sderot

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir is seen entering a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on May 14, 2023

Ben-Gvir: Haredim should not be detained during Jerusalem pride march

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Israeli Minister of Justice Yariv Levin during a government conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on May 28, 2023

'Post-Zionist agendas' entered Israel's court system, Yariv Levin charges

 Likud leader MK Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Religious Zionist party head MK Bezalel Smotrich during a Knesset vote this week.

Netanyahu convenes 'preliminary' cabinet meeting on high cost of living

 Cyprus Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen talk after a news conference at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia, Cyprus March 31, 2023

Israeli ministers' travel plans reflect changing diplomacy - analysis

 NATIONAL SECURITY Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir speaks to the media before a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem.

Ben-Gvir sues BDS activist for alleged libel on Kahanist operations

 Attorney General Gali Baharav Miara attends the weekly government conference, held at the Western Wall tunnels in Jerusalem's Old City on May 21, 2023.

Israel's A-G to Netanyahu lawyers: No mediation in criminal trials

By MATAN WASSERMAN/MAARIV
 Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid is seen addressing the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on May 29, 2023.

Lapid: Israeli gov't proposal on Zionist values represents racism

 MK Simcha Rotman, Head of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee seen during a committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on May 29, 2023.

Judicial Selection Committee emerging as Israel's next political battle

 Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is seen pointing downwards at a Religious Zionist Party faction meeting in Jerusalem, on May 1, 2023.

Israel is experiencing NGO tax bill deja vu - analysis

 Israeli-Arab students and activists protest against a bill that would ban waving Palestinian flags at Israeli universities, at the Tel Aviv University, May 28, 2023.

Bill proposal removing 'terror-supporting' students from Israeli universities postponed

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