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☆ ‘Why Do You Have to Go?’ Israelis Prepare Their Children for War
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Shayndi Raice | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Israel Protests Turn Focus to Women’s Rights Amid Religious Parties’ Rise
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Shayndi Raice | Photographs Kobi Wolf For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

BNEI BRAK, Israel—When Maayan Elkabir boarded a public bus in the Israeli city of Ashdod, she said the driver scolded the 15-year-old for wearing a tank top and shorts on a line used by ultra-Orthodox Jews. She said he told her and her teenage friends to sit at the back of the bus and cover themselves up with blankets.

Persons: Maayan Elkabir Locations: BNEI BRAK, Israel, Ashdod

☆ Israeli Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Judicial Overhaul
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Shayndi Raice | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Israel’s Supreme Court Could Strike Down a Bill Aimed at Limiting Its Power. But Will It?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Shayndi Raice | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Israel Votes to Limit Supreme Court Powers in Approving Part of Netanyahu’s Judicial Overhaul, Sparking Mass Protests
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Dov Lieber | Shayndi Raice | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Netanyahu’s Government Moves to Vote on Judicial Overhaul in Face of Protests
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Dov Lieber | Shayndi Raice | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Israeli police blocked protesters during a demonstration outside the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in Jerusalem, on Monday. Photo: Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg NewsTEL AVIV—Israel was on edge Monday as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ’s coalition pressed ahead with voting on a proposed judicial overhaul that has triggered mass protests and said he was “working around the clock” to reach an agreement and urged political leaders to act responsibly and with courage. Late Sunday, President Biden urged Netanyahu to focus on “pulling people together and finding consensus.”

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☆ The Judge at the Heart of Israel’s Constitutional Crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Shayndi Raice | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

In 1992, Israeli Supreme Court Justice Aharon Barak declared that the country had undergone a “constitutional revolution” after its parliament, the Knesset, passed laws enshrining the right to life, liberty and dignity for the first time. Israel had functioned since its founding without a written constitution but now the courts would act as if it had one, Barak declared.

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☆ Israel’s Protest Leaders Aim to Keep Pressure on Netanyahu
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-01 | by ( Shayndi Raice | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Organizers in Israel are seeking to sustain protests to demonstrate against a judicial overhaul plan. TEL AVIV—Opponents of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ’s judicial overhaul are planning to hold mass protests across the country Saturday night, hoping to sustain a movement that pressured the premier to delay the divisive plan and engage in negotiations over a compromise. Protests are being called for in cities across the country, including Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa. Saturday night would mark the 14th straight weekend that Israelis have come out to demonstrate against the plan in what has become a weekly ritual for many people here.

☆ Israelis Keep Pressure on Benjamin Netanyahu With Fresh Protests
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-01 | by ( Shayndi Raice | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Protests in Tel Aviv on Saturday marked the 13th straight weekend that Israelis have come out to demonstrate. Thousands of Israelis took to the streets of Tel Aviv and other cities across the country Saturday to protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ’s judicial overhaul, seeking to sustain a movement that pressured the premier to delay the divisive plan and engage in negotiations over a compromise. Saturday night’s protests mark the 13th straight weekend that Israelis have come out to demonstrate against the plan in what has become a weekly ritual for many people here. Around 230,000 people demonstrated in downtown Tel Aviv, protest organizers estimated.

☆ Israelis Keep Pressure on Netanyahu With Fresh Protests
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-01 | by ( Shayndi Raice | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

People demonstrated in Tel Aviv on Saturday against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nationalist government. Thousands of Israelis took to the streets of Tel Aviv and other cities across the country Saturday to protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ’s judicial overhaul, seeking to sustain a movement that pressured the premier to delay the divisive plan and engage in negotiations over a compromise. Saturday night’s protests mark the 13th straight weekend that Israelis have come out to demonstrate against the plan in what has become a weekly ritual for many people here. Around 230,000 people demonstrated in downtown Tel Aviv, protest organizers estimated.

TEL AVIV—Strikes and protests rocked Israel on Monday as the country’s president warned that a controversial judicial overhaul planned by the government threatened the economy and national security—raising doubts about the future of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ’s coalition. Israeli President Isaac Herzog urged Mr. Netanyahu to immediately halt the overhaul, calling on the coalition government to put aside political considerations for the sake of the nation.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday suspended a controversial judicial overhaul plan that has sharply divided the country, a move that appeared to calm tensions after antigovernment protests and strikes rocked the nation. The announcement was welcomed by opposition leaders, who said they were ready to negotiate, and the country’s largest labor union called off a nationwide strike that grounded flights, closed banks, government offices and left hospitals working with skeleton crews.

BNAI BRAK, Israel—Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is rapidly moving ahead with a judicial-overhaul plan that could begin final passage through parliament next week, as the debate over the legislation exposes deep fissures between Israel’s secular and religious communities. Over the past three months, protests against the legislation have brought out hundreds of thousands of people in a country of nine million.

☆ Saudi Arabia-Iran Pact Marks Setback to Israel’s Efforts to Counter Tehran
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-12 | by ( Shayndi Raice | Aaron Boxerman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

JERUSALEM—Saudi Arabia’s surprise agreement to renew diplomatic relations with Iran marks a significant blow to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ’s key foreign-policy goal: creating a regional alliance built around isolating Iran. Mr. Netanyahu has long led the charge to garner international support for isolating Iran and halting its efforts to acquire nuclear weapons. Israel views Iran as its primary global foe due to its support for proxy militias across the Middle East that target Israel, such as Lebanon-based Hezbollah and Gaza-based Hamas, both designated as terrorist organizations by the U.S.

☆ Netanyahu, Macron to Discuss Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions in Paris
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Noemie Bisserbe | Shayndi Raice | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

PARIS—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to meet Thursday with French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss the threat posed by Iran’s military and nuclear ambitions. During a dinnertime meeting at the Élysée Palace, Messrs. Netanyahu and Macron are also expected to talk about how to reinforce and extend the Abraham Accords—a series of deals signed by Israel and nearby Arab countries to normalize their relations—according to an Israeli official.

JERUSALEM—A small group of Jewish men clad in black and white stood in a quiet nook of Judaism’s holiest site one recent morning, gently rocking and murmuring prayers before Israeli police motioned for them to move on. Such a scene would have resulted in arrests just a few years ago for violating a longstanding unofficial agreement between Israel and Islamic religious authorities, which forbids non-Muslims from praying on the site known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary.

JERUSALEM— Benjamin Netanyahu was sworn in for the sixth time as prime minister of Israel on Thursday, having been propelled back to the premiership by a coalition of ultranationalist and religious parties that will wield unprecedented power. Mr. Netanyahu’s coalition aims to expand Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, give lawmakers greater control over the top court and make changes to matters of religion and state. His coalition will include six right-wing parties, five of which are religiously conservative, and will control 64 of 120 seats in the Israeli parliament, or Knesset. The new government is set to be the most right wing in Israel’s history, according to political analysts, and caps a decadeslong rightward shift among the electorate.

☆ U.S. Warns Israel It Will Fight Attempts to Annex West Bank
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Shayndi Raice | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

TEL AVIV—The Biden administration warned Israel against trying to annex parts of the West Bank, underscoring how Benjamin Netanyahu ’s right-wing alliance could complicate Israel’s relations with the U.S. if they try to fulfill their most controversial campaign promises. Mr. Netanyahu’s far-right coalition partners have advocated annexing parts of the occupied West Bank, asserting a stronger Jewish presence at Jerusalem’s contested holy sites and dramatically expanding Israeli settlements across the West Bank. Many of these goals are at odds with longstanding U.S. policy in the Middle East, which supports the creation of an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel.

KIRYAT ARBA, West Bank—Military towers loom over the highway leading to far-right lawmaker Itamar Ben-Gvir ’s hometown, a settlement next to the Palestinian city of Hebron. Residents walk around with pistols strapped to their thighs, just beside their tzitzit, the ritual tassels mandated by Jewish law, as clusters of children play in the streets. Once largely confined to the fringes of Israeli society, an ultranationalist political outlook forged in Jewish West Bank settlements like Kiryat Arba has now been thrust to the center of Israeli public life by Mr. Ben-Gvir’s success in last week’s election. The Religious Zionism ticket co-led by Mr. Ben-Gvir won 14 seats in the 120-seat Parliament, or Knesset, making it the third-largest party in Israel.

☆ Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu Edges Closer to Election Win
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Shayndi Raice | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

TEL AVIV— Benjamin Netanyahu moved closer to victory in Israel’s election, which would mark a major comeback for the country’s longest-serving premier after more than a year out of power. With over 93% of votes counted by Thursday morning, Mr. Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party maintained its lead with 32 seats and his right-wing religious and nationalist bloc was on course to win 65 in the 120-seat parliament, or Knesset, according to Israeli national broadcaster Kan. Prime Minister Yair Lapid ’s Yesh Atid party remained on track to win 24 seats and his bloc of right-wing, left-wing and Arab parties were on course to secure 50.

☆ Benjamin Netanyahu Wins Another Shot at Leading Israel
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Shayndi Raice | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

TEL AVIV— Benjamin Netanyahu won a decisive victory in the country’s fifth election in under four years, nearly final vote results showed on Thursday, pulling off a political comeback by successfully uniting his right-wing and religious nationalist bloc. With 99% of votes counted by Thursday, Mr. Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party maintained its lead with 32 seats and his right-wing religious and nationalist bloc was on course to win 64 in the 120-seat parliament, or Knesset, according to Israeli national broadcaster Kan.

☆ Benjamin Netanyahu Wins Another Shot at Leading Israel as Lapid Concedes
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Shayndi Raice | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Benjamin Netanyahu, center, is likely to form one of the most right-wing and religious governing coalitions in Israel’s history. TEL AVIV— Benjamin Netanyahu won a decisive victory in the country’s fifth election in under four years, vote results showed on Thursday, pulling off a political comeback by successfully uniting his right-wing and religious nationalist bloc. Mr. Netanyahu rode a wave of ultranationalist sentiment a little over a year after violence erupted between Arabs and Jews in the streets of Israeli cities. Mr. Netanyahu rallied his base in daily campaign appearances across the country, often from the back of a delivery truck outfitted as a mobile campaign stage called the Bibi-bus, reinforcing his message that his opponents were a threat to the safety of Jewish Israelis.

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