World Mar 27 Netanyahu delays overhaul of Israel’s judiciary amid mass protests Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday announced a delay in his judicial overhaul plan, saying he wanted to give time to seek a compromise over the contentious package with his political opponents.
World Mar 27 Tens of thousands in Israel protest in effort to stop Netanyahu’s planned overhaul of nation’s judiciary Departing flights from the country’s main international airport were grounded Monday, large mall chains and universities shut their doors, and Israel’s largest trade union called for its 800,000 members to stop work.
World Mar 26 Netanyahu fires Israel’s defense minister for urging halt to judicial overhaul Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired his defense minister on Sunday, a day after he called on the Israeli leader to halt a planned judicial overhaul that has fiercely divided the country and prompted growing discontent within the ranks of the…
World Mar 21 Israel repeals 2005 act that removed West Bank settlements Israeli lawmakers have repealed a 2005 act that saw four Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank dismantled at the same time as Israeli forces withdrew from the Gaza Strip.
World Mar 02 Israel’s Netanyahu denounces protesters after demonstration against wife outside of salon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies say protesters are "anarchists" after they gathered outside a Tel Aviv salon where his wife was getting her hair done.
World Mar 01 Israeli troops kills Palestinian in West Bank; 3 arrested The Israeli military says Israeli troops arrested three Palestinians on Wednesday suspected of involvement in the killing earlier this week of an American-Israeli while a fourth was shot and killed fleeing the scene.
World Mar 01 WATCH: State Department holds news briefing as demonstrators hold ‘Day of Disruption’ in Israel Thousands across the country staged a “national disruption day,” the latest in a string of mass protests against Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul Israel's judiciary and weaken the country's Supreme Court.
Politics Feb 27 WATCH: State Department holds news briefing after Israelis and Palestinians killed in West Bank State Department spokesperson Ned Price held a briefing on Monday after news of a Palestinian gunman shooting and killing an Israeli motorist in the occupied West Bank, the latest bloodshed in a fresh wave of fighting that shows no signs…
World Feb 27 Israel sends more troops into occupied West Bank after latest wave of violence Settlers torched homes and cars late on Sunday in the worst such violence in decades.
World Feb 20 Israeli government advances legal system overhaul despite mass protest Israel's parliament has for the first time advanced a plan to overhaul the legal system, defying a historic uproar among Israelis and calls for restraint from the United States.