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☆ Israel parliament starts vote on limiting supreme court power
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Maayan Lubell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Nonetheless, commanding a comfortable majority in parliament, Netanyahu's coalition looked set to win the vote on the bill that limits the Supreme Court's powers to overrule decisions made by governments and ministers. 'DISASTER'[1/10]Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shows Justice Minister Yariv Levin his phone as lawmakers gather at the Knesset plenum to vote on a bill that would limit some Supreme Court power, in Jerusalem July 24, 2023. "If you vote for this bill you will weaken the state of Israel, the people of Israel and the Israel Defence Forces." Justice Minister Yariv Levin who has been driving the changes defended the bill, which would amend a law enabling the Supreme Court to void decisions it deems "unreasonable". Netanyahu's coalition has been determined to push back against what it describes as overreach by a Supreme Court that it says has become too politically interventionist.

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☆ Israel's Netanyahu says he will be fitted with pacemaker overnight
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-22 | by ( Maayan Lubell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

JERUSALEM, July 23 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be fitted with a pacemaker overnight between Saturday and Sunday, he said in a video statement released by his office. That device beeped this evening and said I must receive a pacemaker and that I must do this already tonight," Netanyahu said in the video. Critics fear the judicial changes aim to curb court independence by Netanyahu, who is on trial for corruption which he denies. Washington has urged Netanyahu to seek broad agreements over any judicial reforms. In his video, Netanyahu suggested that last minute agreements could be reached.

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'WE'RE SCARED, WE'RE ANGRY'Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs a cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, Monday, July 17, 2023. Tens of thousands of Israelis opposing the judicial changes marched to Jerusalem over the weekend, carrying flags and beating drums under a scorching summer sun. Washington has urged Netanyahu, who is on trial for corruption charges he denies, to seek broad agreements over any judicial reforms. First elected to Israel's top office in 1996, Netanyahu has been both dynamic and polarising. In early October, a few weeks before winning a national election, Netanyahu fell ill during the Jewish fast of Yom Kippur and was briefly hospitalised.

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☆ Thousands march as vote on curtailing Israel court's powers nears
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-22 | by ( Dan Williams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Netanyahu's religious-nationalist coalition says the bill, which parliament is scheduled to vote on by Monday, is needed to balance out the branches of power because the Court has become too interventionist. They plan to rally outside parliament ahead of a Sunday debate and subsequent vote on the bill, which would limit the Supreme Court's powers to void what it considers "unreasonable" government or ministerial decisions. Protest leader Shikma Bressler, asked if she thought the marchers would manage to stop the vote, said she didn't know. The bill, its supporters say, is designed to facilitate effective governance with courts still keeping ample judicial oversight. Opponents say the change is being rushed through parliament and will open the door to corruption and abuses of power.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Dan Williams HEMED, Shikma Bressler, Washington, Netanyahu, Maayan, John Stonestreet Organizations: Israeli, REUTERS, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Jerusalem, Motza, Israel

☆ Israeli official says Biden invited Netanyahu to White House in September
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement at the Palmachim Air Force Base near the city of Rishon Lezion, Israel July 5, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File PhotoJERUSALEM, July 18 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden has invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to meet at the White House in September, Israel's national security adviser, Tzachi Hanegbi, said on Tuesday, though the White House has yet to confirm the details. Hanegbi told N12 News that in their phone call on Monday, "The president of the United States told the prime minister, contrary to reports which I saw here too, that he is inviting him to the White House in Washington for a meeting in September." In response to a Reuters query about Hanegbi's remarks, a White House official said the two leaders have agreed to meet but did not specify where. Reporting by Maayan Lubell in Jerusalem and Steve Holland in Washington Editing by Matthew LewisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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☆ Protesters block Israel highways over new Supreme Court bill
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Corinna KernJERUSALEM, July 11 (Reuters) - Israeli protesters blocked major highways on Tuesday after a bill that would curb some of the Supreme Court's power won initial approval by parliament, with full support of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hard-right ruling coalition. Footage showed crowds of flag-waving Israelis stopping morning traffic in major intersections and on highways in central Israel, business hub Tel Aviv and near the entrance to Jerusalem. Police, who said 24 people have been arrested, used a water cannon to disperse some protesters and dragged others away by force. If passed as is, it would curb Supreme Court's power to void decisions made by the government, ministers and elected officials by ruling them unreasonable. Proponents say the change will facilitate effective governance by curbing court intervention, arguing that judges have other legal means to exercise oversight.

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☆ Israel's Knesset gives initial nod to contested Supreme Court bill
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Maayan Lubell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

JERUSALEM, July 10 (Reuters) - Israel's parliament gave preliminary approval to a bill that limits some Supreme Court power, part of a rebooted judicial overhaul by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that has set off a deep political crisis. The new bill seeks a curb on the Supreme Court's power to void decisions made by the government, ministers and elected officials by ruling them unreasonable. "It is not the end of democracy, it strengthens democracy," Netanyahu said in a video statement released at sundown as the Knesset debated the bill. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a meeting at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, May 23, 2023. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo"Even after the amendment court independence and civil rights in Israel will not be harmed in any way.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Ronen, Amir Yaron, Yaron, Isaac Herzog, Herzog, Steven Scheer, Maayan Lubell, William Maclean, Stephen Coates Organizations: REUTERS, Bank of Israel, Thomson Locations: Jerusalem, Israel, Bank

☆ Explainer: Israel's disputed judicial overhaul is back: what's new?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Maayan Lubell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Parliament is scheduled to start voting on the Supreme Court bill on Sunday, while the protests intensify and attempts at mediating a compromise get under way. The proposed changes included Supreme Court curbs while granting the government decisive powers in appointing judges. Those ground to a halt three months later and Netanyahu relaunched the legislation, scrapping some proposed changes while moving forward with others. It is an amendment to limit the Supreme Court's ability to void decisions it deems "unreasonable" made by the government and ministers. So the Supreme Court is seen as a bastion of democracy protecting civil rights and the rule of law.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, GIL COHEN, Netanyahu, Washington, Maayan, Mark Heinrich, John Stonestreet Organizations: Israel's, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Jerusalem, REUTERS JERUSALEM

☆ Israel's disputed judicial overhaul is back, what's new?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Maayan Lubell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

On Monday, the Knesset is scheduled to vote on a bill that limits Supreme Court powers, a first of three parliamentary readings. RECAPNetanyahu's religious-nationalist government launched its judicial overhaul plan in January, soon after it was sworn in. The proposed changes included curbs on the Supreme Court's writ, while granting the government decisive powers in appointing judges. WHY ARE PROPOSED CHANGES STIRRING SUCH SERIOUS CONCERN? The president's office is largely ceremonial so the Supreme Court is seen as a bastion of democracy protecting civil rights and rule of law.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Maayan, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: United, Thomson Locations: United States

☆ Netanyahu signals impatience with protests as Israel's judicial reform edges ahead
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-09 | by ( Steven Scheer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/9] An aerial view shows protesters taking part in a demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nationalist coalition government's judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, Israel July 8, 2023. REUTERS/Oren AlonJERUSALEM, July 9 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signalled impatience on Sunday with disruptions caused by resurgent demonstrations against his judicial overhaul plans, summoning his attorney-general for a cabinet discussion of police counter-measures. The opposition casts the bill as a step toward curbing judicial independence that would eventually subordinate the Supreme Court to politicians. Street protests that had subsided are flaring anew, with protesters planning to converge on Israel's main airport on Monday. Cabinet minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said he would boycott Big unless it retracted what he deemed political "bullying" by a business.

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☆ Israeli protests reignite as Netanyahu pushes new justice bill
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( Rami Amichay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] An aerial view shows protesters as they take part in a demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nationalist coalition government's judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, Israel July 8, 2023. Tens of thousands demonstrated across the country, with the rally in Tel Aviv drawing crowds far larger than recent protests, news channels N12 News and Channel 13 reported. The protests subsided a little from late March when Netanyahu, under pressure at home and abroad, suspended the plan for compromise talks with opposition parties meant to reach broad agreement over justice reforms. The opposition says that move is another dangerous step towards curbing judicial independence that would eventually subject the Supreme Court to politicians and open the door to corruption. "We have no choice, we have to defend our democracy," said Sigal Peled-Leviatan, 51, a tech worker demonstrating in Tel Aviv.

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☆ Suspected Palestinian shooter kills Israeli in West Bank
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NEAR KDUMIM SETTLEMENT, West Bank, July 6 (Reuters) - A suspected Palestinian assailant shot and killed an Israeli near a settlement in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, Israel's ambulance service said. Israel's Army Radio said the assailant had driven to the settlement from the direction of the nearby Palestinian city Nablus. The attack followed Israel's two-day operation earlier in the week in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, about 10 kilometres away, its biggest in years. Hamas, a Palestinian militant group that controls the Gaza Strip but also has a presence in the West Bank, praised Thursday's shooting which it said was a response to Israel's Jenin operation. Violence in the West Bank has escalated over the past 15 months, with increased Israeli raids, Palestinian street attacks and settler rampages in Palestinian villages.

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☆ Tel Aviv police chief quits, citing government meddling against protesters
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Maayan Lubell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/9] People take part in a demonstration after the Tel Aviv police chief quit citing government meddling against anti-government protesters in Tel Aviv, Israel, July 5, 2023. Soon after Eshed's announcement, hundreds of protesters carrying Israeli flags and chanting "democracy" marched through Tel Aviv. "I could have easily met these expectations by using unreasonable force that would have filled up the emergency room of Ichilov (Tel Aviv hospital) at the end of every protest," Eshed said. The leader of the Jewish Power party has since rebuked police for its treatment of protesters. Other members of Netanyahu's nationalist-religious coalition have echoed Ben-Gvir, saying police have shown favourable treatment to the protesters who have filled Tel Aviv streets weekly since January, compared with what they see as far harsher treatment of settlers and ultra-Orthodox protesters.

Persons: Nir Elias JERUSALEM, Benjamin Netanyahu's, Ami Eshed, Itamar Ben, Gvir, Eshed, Ben, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Tel, Tel Aviv police, REUTERS, National, Jewish Power, Thomson Locations: Tel Aviv, Israel, Tel, Ichilov

☆ Israeli-Russian academic being held by militia in Iraq, Netanyahu says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Maayan Lubell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

JERUSALEM, July 5 (Reuters) - An Israeli-Russian academic who went missing in Iraq a few months ago is alive and being held there by Shiite group Kataib Hezbollah, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Wednesday. It said she had gone to Iraq for research purposes on behalf of Princeton University in the United States. According to the university's website, Tsurkov is pursuing her PhD at Princeton's Department of Politics. A Princeton spokesperson declined to say whether Tsurkov was in Iraq on the university's behalf, citing policies and a federal law governing students' privacy and safety. Kataib Hezbollah is one of the most powerful Iran-backed militia groups there.

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☆ Israeli lawmakers give first nod to new judicial overhaul bill
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( Maayan Lubell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

JERUSALEM, July 4 (Reuters) - Israeli lawmakers on Tuesday gave an initial nod to a bill that limits Supreme Court power to rule against the government after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced he would press on with contentious changes to the justice system. In a stormy session broadcast live, Parliament's constitution committee, dominated by Netanyahu's nationalist-religious ruling coalition, voted in favour of the bill that limits "reasonableness" as a standard of judicial review. At present, the Supreme Court can rule against government and elected officials' decisions if they are deemed unreasonable. After the committee vote, the shekel weakened by 0.3% against the dollar. Netanyahu has defended the changes as restoring balance between branches of government and redressing what his coalition allies see as judicial overreach.

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☆ Israeli troops start to withdraw from Jenin, defence source says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

JERUSALEM, July 4 (Reuters) - Israeli forces began to withdraw late on Tuesday from the Palestinian city of Jenin, a defence source said, after carrying out one of the biggest military operations in the occupied West Bank in years. Reporting by Maayan Lubell; editing by Mark HeinrichOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Maayan, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: West Bank, Thomson Locations: Palestinian, Jenin

☆ Israel reboots fiercely opposed judicial campaign
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( Maayan Lubell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] An aerial view shows protesters holding banners as they demonstrate against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nationalist coalition government's judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, Israel June 24, 2023. REUTERS/Oren AlonJERUSALEM, June 25 (Reuters) - Israeli lawmakers on Sunday began debating a bill that would limit the Supreme Court's powers, rebooting a fiercely opposed judicial overhaul instigated by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's religious-nationalist coalition. Anti-government demonstrations had prompted Netanyahu to suspend his judicial drive in March to allow compromise talks with opposition parties. The proposed judicial overhaul has also stirred Western concern over Israel's democratic health and spooked investors. Reporting by Maayan Lubell Additional reporting by Dan Williams Editing by David GoodmanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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☆ Hollywood mogul Arnon Milchan testifies in Netanyahu case
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( Maayan Lubell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu attends Arnon Milchan's video testimony, during Netanyahu's ongoing trial at the District Court in Jerusalem, June 25, 2023. ATEF SAFADI/Pool via REUTERSJERUSALEM, June 25 (Reuters) - Hollywood mogul Arnon Milchan began his testimony in the corruption trial of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday, in a court session that was broadcast live from an English seaside town direct to Jerusalem. The prime minister has denied any wrongdoing in this case and two other cases that are being heard in the same trial. The prime minister has described the gift-giving among friends as normal conduct and his trial as a political witch-hunt. When the prime minister arrived at the Jerusalem court to watch from afar, Milchan greeted him off-screen with "Shalom, Bibi!"

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☆ Palestinian gunman opens fire at Israeli checkpoint and is shot dead, police say
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

RAMALLAH, West Bank, June 24 (Reuters) - A Palestinian militant opened fire at an Israeli checkpoint in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, wounding a security guard before he was shot dead by forces at the scene, Israel's police said. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, an armed group associated with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party, claimed the gunman as a member. Police distributed a photo of an M-16 rifle they said was used by the gunman to carry out the shooting. Violence surged this week in the West Bank, where for over a year the military has conducted regular sweeps leading to repeated clashes with Palestinian fighters amid a spate of Palestinian street attacks on Israelis. The past few days saw deadly clashes in the city of Jenin, a fatal Palestinian shooting attack near a settlement, attacks on Palestinian villages by settlers and a rare Israeli air strike in the West Bank against militants.

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☆ Palestinian gunmen kill four Israelis in West Bank
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Ammar Awad | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

REUTERS/Ammar AwadNEAR ELI SETTLEMENT, West Bank, June 20 (Reuters) - Palestinian gunmen shot dead four Israelis near a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday in an attack the militant Hamas group said was a response to a raid by Israeli forces in the flashpoint city of Jenin. The Israeli military said it was boosting forces in the West Bank after the attack. Police minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called for a full-scale military operation in the West Bank and urged Jewish settlers in the area to carry a weapon. U.S.-brokered peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, aimed at establishing a state in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, collapsed in 2014 and show no sign of revival. Israel's government is set on expanding settlements in the West Bank and includes members who rule out a Palestinian state.

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☆ Israel could accept U.S.-Iran nuclear 'understanding', senior lawmaker says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Maayan Lubell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

JERUSALEM, June 17 (Reuters) - Israel could find acceptable an understanding between its arch-foe Iran and the United States if it includes rigorous supervision of Tehran's nuclear programme, a senior lawmaker said in comments aired on Saturday. According to Iranian and Western officials, Israel's main ally Washington is holding talks with Iran to sketch out steps that could include limiting the Iranian nuclear programme. No agreement with Iran would obligate Israel, which will do everything required to defend itself. "Our opposition to the deal - a return to the original (2015) deal - is working, I think." The U.S. government has dismissed reports it is seeking an interim deal with Tehran, which denies seeking the bomb.

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☆ Israeli forces kill Palestinian officer in clashes, WAFA says
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] Israeli settlers walk past structures that were erected for a new Jewish seminary school, in the settler outpost of Homesh in the Israeli-occupied West Bank May 29, 2023. REUTERS/Ronen ZvulunJENIN, West Bank, May 29 (Reuters) - Israeli forces killed a Palestinian security officer during clashes in the occupied West Bank flashpoint city of Jenin on Monday, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa said. In another part of the West Bank on Monday, Jewish settlers inaugurated a seminary in an area that has been a focus of U.S. scrutiny, drawing Palestinian condemnation. "With God's help ... there will be many more new settlements in northern Samaria," he said, referring to the West Bank by its biblical name. "Statements of condemnation are no longer enough in the face of the (Israeli) extremist right-wing government," said his spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh.

☆ Israel's national 'Flag March' in Jerusalem rattles Palestinians
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The annual parade, which marks Israel's capture of Jerusalem in the 1967 war, has increasingly become a show of force for Jewish nationalists, and for Palestinians a blatant provocation meant to undermine their ties to the city. With another round of fighting between Israel and Gaza militants ending only last weekend, appetite for escalation appeared low. An Israeli police raid in the flashpoint site in April triggered rocket fire from groups in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria. Casting itself in recent years as a defender of Jerusalem's Palestinians and Muslim holy sites, Hamas urged Palestinians to bolster their presence at the compound ahead of Thursday and confront any Israeli encroachment. The Palestinians want the eastern section, annexed by Israel in a move not recognised abroad, as capital of their future state.

☆ Israel's 'Flag March' in Jerusalem rattles Palestinians
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Rami Amichay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/13] Israelis sing and dance with flags by Damascus gate to Jerusalem's Old city as they mark Jerusalem Day, in Jerusalem May 18, 2023. The parade is the main celebration on Jerusalem Day, when Israel marks its capture of Jerusalem in the 1967 Middle East war. Many Palestinian shopkeers shuttered their businesses in the Old City, where march organisers hung Israeli flags along the narrow alleyways. Earlier on Thursday, hundreds of Jewish pilgrims, including members of parliament, toured the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City. Hamas has cast itself as a defender of Jerusalem's Palestinians and Muslim holy sites in recent years.

An official in Netanyahu's office played down concerns, saying: "The prime minister along with the finance minister intend to pass a responsible budget in the coming weeks that will serve all Israelis. "The finance clerks don't understand Haredim," ultra-Orthodox lawmaker Yizhak Pindrus told Kan radio. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said the funds would fix years of injustice toward the Haredim, whose children often are packed into derelict classrooms. Government figures already forecast Israel's economic growth will ease in 2023 from 6.5% in 2022 to about 2.7% and down from the 3% forecast in January. "Netanyahu has sold Israel's economy and our children's future in order to stay in power," said opposition leader Yair Lapid.

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