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PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu looks toward MK Simcha Rothman as they confer with Justice Minister Yariv Levin in the Knesset last week. Levin and Rothman have been emphasizing the larger public welfare, says the writer

New Rothman proposal does not solve 'essential legal difficulties,' deputy A-G says

By ELIAV BREUER , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Platform 17 (Gleis 17), the memorial to those who were deported to the death camps by Deutsche Reichsbahn trains in 1941-1945, at Berlin-Grunewald train station in Berlin, Germany March 16, 2023.

Should Israel heed German warnings about a failing democracy? - analysis

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

MK Simcha Rothman, Head of the Constitution Committee, at a committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on March 19, 2023.

Coalition leaders meet to discuss ‘softening’ of judicial reform

By MICHAEL STARR , ELIAV BREUER

Judicial reform supporters wave Likud flags and hold signs reading "The leftist minority will not determine Israel" and "Leftist traitors" at a protest on Saturday night, March 18, 2023.

Judicial reform protests will end with blood on the street, organizer warns

By 103FM VIA MAARIV ONLINE

Governor of the Bank of Israel Amir Yaron speaks during a press conference at the Bank of Israel offices in Jerusalem, on January 2, 2022.

Bank of Israel Gov warns: Judicial reform could weaken bank independence

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF , REUTERS

Israelis protest against the Israeli government's planned judicial overhaul, at the Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, March 9, 2023.

Entebbe Op. veterans join airport protest as Netanyahu flies to Germany

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a weekly cabinet meeting, March 12, 2023.

Netanyahu: Opposition is interested in anarchy, not democracy

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

THE US Supreme Court building in Washington: As many in Israel believe today, the Anti-Federalists, who opposed the constitution, objected to governorship by the court and feared such power granted to the court could render it an absolute ruler.

Israel could learn a thing or two from history of US Constitution - opinion

By YEHUDA WEINRAUB

Thousands of Israeli protesters rally against Israeli Goverment's judicial overhaul bills in the coastal city of Tel Aviv on March 04, 2023.

Israel's fight is not for democracy but for cultural dominance - opinion

By YISRAEL MEDAD

WALKING ON the blocked Ayalon Highway during a demonstration against planned judicial overhaul, Tel Aviv, March 4.

'My way or the highway' is not a protest, it is anarchy - opinion

TEL AVIV last weekend: The Saturday night demonstrations and the street riots are not about the proposed legal changes or democracy, says the writer.

Time for candid compromise - opinion

By OPHIR FALK

President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem, November 23, 2022.

Political outcry after 'fake' Herzog judicial reform outline published

By MICHAEL STARR

Israeli president Isaac Herzog at the annual Jerusalem Conference of the 'Besheva' group in Jerusalem, on February 21, 2023.

Herzog: We're closer than ever on agreement outline for judicial reform

By MICHAEL STARR , GREER FAY CASHMAN

The ten living Israeli Air Force commanders spanning from 102-year-old Dan Tolkovsky (Left) to Amikam Norkin (right) have signed a letter warning of the impact of judicial overhaul on the Israeli Air Force, March 6, 2023.

All living Air Force commanders sign letter against judicial overhaul

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a weekly cabinet meeting at the Knesset, March 5, 2023.

Netanyahu: Judicial reform protesters are 'dangerous,' just want chaos

By TOVAH LAZAROFF