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 Haredi men dressed in traditional ultra-Orthodox garb stand behind a group of religious IDF soldiers

Israel's ultra-Orthodox status quo is unsustainable - opinion

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen speaking at a memorial ceremony for Ze'ev Jabotinsky on Mount Herzl, in Jerusalem, on July 18, 2023.

Don't change judicial selection process without opposition consensus - editorial

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a 40 signatures debate, at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 26, 2023.

How Netanyahu dropping override clause changes Israel's judicial reform - analysis

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, 25 June 2023.

Netanyahu: I threw override clause out of Israel's judicial reform

 BANNING PUBLIC transportation on Shabbat: The state’s Jewish character versus its democratic nature.

Israel needs judicial reform, but not 'this' judicial reform - opinion

By AHARON E. WEXLER
 President Isaac Herzog speaks on Israel's judicial reform on February 12, 2023

Herzog: 'Israel is at edge of abyss,' civil war is a real threat

 Committee Chairman Yuli Edelstein leads a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on February 12, 2023.

Likud punishes stalwart Edelstein for absence during judicial reform vote

 The Constitution, Law and Justice Committee vote to pass the second section of the judicial reform bill, March 1, 2023.

Judicial reform: Judicial review, override clause passes committee first reading vote

Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit

Ex-A-G Mandelblit: Israel in regime revolution, not judicial reform

 MK Simcha Rothman, Head of the Constitution Committee leads a committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, on January 17, 2023.

Rothman amends Override Law, eases High Court restrictions

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Interior and Health Minister Aryeh Deri at a weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, January 8, 2023

Israel's coalition set to pass Override Law in Knesset this week

 SUPREME COURT President Esther Hayut gestures, as then-justice minister Ayelet Shaked looks on and then-finance minister Moshe Kahlon listens during a meeting of the Judicial Selection Committee, in 2018.

Israeli judicial reform: The facts, proposals behind misleading mantras - opinion

By EDEN FARBER
 JUSTICE MINISTER Yariv Levin takes a seat alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset plenum, last week.

Consensus on Israeli judicial reform can't be quick - opinion

By SUZIE NAVOT
 Letters

Letters to the Editor February 20, 2023: Receipt for the train ticket

 Benjamin Netanyahu visits at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, the night before the Israeli general elections, October 31, 2022

Declaring a PM 'incapacitated' will require 90 MKs' approval, coalition proposes

 THE WRITER at a Netanya demonstration against proposed judicial reform.

Confronting Israel's earthquake: The judicial reform crisis - opinion

 An aerial view shows the massive protest on Monday in Jerusalem. A compromise is only possible the moment both sides want it.

Israeli judicial reform nuance: Both sides have legitimate concerns - opinion

 Israeli Prime Minister and Head of the Yesh Atid party Yair Lapid holds a press conference in Tel Aviv on December 22, 2022.

Lapid proposes 60-day freeze on legislation