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Protest outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem against the government's judicial overhaul on September 11, 2023. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

‘No forgiveness for dictatorship’: Protesters to rally against overhaul for 38th week

On the eve of Yom Kippur and 50th anniversary of war, protest groups decry ‘incitement against American Jewry and High Court judges’ by Netanyahu and his coalition partners

Erel Margalit, owner of Jerusalem Venture Partners, holds a meeting of hi-tech entrepreneurs in New York, September 21, 2023. (Tal Schneider/Times of Israel)

Anti-overhaul activists meet NY tech leaders: ‘We’re facing a protracted campaign’

By Tal Schneider

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is interviewed by CNN on Sptember 23, 2023 (Screen grab used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

PM: ‘Window of opportunity’ for Saudi deal but ‘major issues’ with uranium enrichment

'We’ll build a new corridor of peace and prosperity'

Netanyahu tells UN that Israel ‘at the cusp’ of historic peace with Saudi Arabia

By Lazar Berman

With Saudi diplomat in attendance, PM offers vision of ‘new Middle East’ and AI-enabled future, but ignores bitter fight over judicial overhaul back home and on NYC streets

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu uses a red marker on a map of 'The New Middle East' as he addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (Bryan R. Smith / AFP)

SpeechFull text of Netanyahu’s UN address: ‘On the cusp of historic Saudi-Israel peace’

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends the APEC Leader's Informal Dialogue with Guests during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation APEC summit, November 18, 2022, in Bangkok, Thailand. (Athit Perawongmetha/Pool Photo via AP)

Saudi crown prince: Israel and Saudi Arabia moving closer to normalization ‘every day’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, September 22, 2023, at United Nations headquarters. (AP/Mary Altaffer)

Palestinian officials fume after Netanyahu UN speech, call address ‘arrogant, racist’

Mahmoud al-Habash, an adviser to Abbas, calls Israeli premier’s speech ‘full of lies and contradictions,’ says there can be no regional stability when Palestinians rights violated

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, September 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

No peace in Mideast without Palestinian state, Abbas tells UN amid Israel-Saudi talks

By Lazar Berman

President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi holds a news conference in New York, September 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

Iranian president says Israel-Saudi ties would be ‘stab in the back’ to Palestinians

By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid

Netanyahu arrives to meet with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the United Nations on September 20, 2023 in New York City. (Kena Betancur/Getty Images/AFP)

In meet with US Jewish leaders, PM dodges criticism of extremist coalition partners

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Netanyahu says he can’t control everyone, other countries have a bigger problem with coalition politics; Sara Netanyahu interjects on question about disparagement of protesters

Israeli-led protesters rally against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside UN Headquarters in New York City, September 22, 2023. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

2,000 protest against Netanyahu outside UN as he addresses General Assembly

Amiram Ben Uliel, convicted of the Duma arson murder in July 2015, in which three members of the Dawabsha family were killed, attends a hearing on his appeal, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on March 7, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

US blasts ‘inflammatory rhetoric’ after far-right MK hailed Jewish terrorist

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepares to use a red marker on a map of 'The New Middle East,' as he addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Op-ed

Netanyahu predicts a new Middle East, is silent on the havoc he’s unleashed in Israel

At UN, the PM predicts imminent Saudi peace, sees breakthrough as personal vindication; says nothing at all about his divisive judicial overhaul, while thousands protest outside

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