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Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends an officers course graduation ceremony at an IDF officer school, on February 19, 2026. Photo by Tsafrir Abayov/FLASH90 *** Local Caption *** טקס סיום קורס קצינים ביבי ראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו
May 1, 2026, 12:04 pm
Malignant non-disclosure: PM’s belated cancer revelation subverts public’s right to know
Vague details released by Netanyahu and doctors regarding prostate tumor raise more questions than answers, including possibility he was being treated for malignant tumor during Iran war
By Jeremy Sharon
The renewed plenum of the Knesset Museum, open since August 2025 (Courtesy)
October 18, 2025, 12:19 pm
Jerusalem’s new Knesset Museum aims to tell the story of Israel’s democracy
Restoration, preservation and politics join in new downtown museum, established in historic Froumine House
By Jessica Steinberg
Israelis protest in support of Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara outside the Justice Ministry in Jerusalem, July 14, 2025. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
July 14, 2025, 4:55 pm
Two scholars warn of Israel’s democratic backsliding, hidden by Oct. 7’s fog of war
In their new Hebrew-language book ‘Democracy in Retreat,’ Noam Gidron and Yaniv Roznai claim the government is using populism and polarization to chip away at democracy
By Eliyahu Freedman
View of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange on November 29, 2020. (Miriam Alster/ Flash90/ File)
March 23, 2025, 7:30 pm
Tel Aviv shares dive as investor concern over a looming constitutional crisis rises
Shekel weakens amid attempts to oust top gatekeepers; a weaker local currency makes imported goods, including food, more expensive for Israeli households and will keep rates high
By Sharon Wrobel
Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Esther Hayut speaks at Haifa University, where she was awarded an honorary doctorate, on December 23, 2024. (Haifa University Youtube screenshot)
December 23, 2024, 8:55 pm
Former chief justice decries ‘disastrous’ government plans that ‘threaten’ democracy
Critiquing judicial overhaul, Esther Hayut slams those who are ‘cynically exploiting democratic tools’ in their efforts to destroy Israel’s system of checks and balances
By ToI Staff
Former IDF chief of staff and leader of the new Democrats political party Yair Golan makes a point at the 'Tomorrow Conference,' Haifa Conference Center, northern Israel, September 6, 2024. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
September 9, 2024, 11:54 pm
Over 1,000 attend grassroots confab in the north to help plan for next government
Organized by change-minded activists, conference in northern city of Haifa believed to be one of 14 separate such initiatives created in recent months
By Sue Surkes
President Isaac Herzog speaks to anti-government protesters outside his house on August 17, 2024. (Screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 17, 2024, 5:05 pm
Herzog tells activists outside his home: ‘Kahanists must be removed from government’
Small group of protesters outside president’s residence in north Tel Aviv urge him to stand up against ‘dangers to democracy’; Ben Gvir attacks him for ‘disgusting hypocrisy’
By ToI Staff
Mandana Dayani speaks at the UN on sexual assault of women on October 7 in New York City, December 4, 2023. (Perry Bindelglass/ NCJW)
May 22, 2024, 2:26 am
Jewish activist who fled Iran sees shades of the fall of the shah on US campuses
I Am A Voter co-founder and pro-democracy advocate Mandana Dayani has turned her focus to America’s surging antisemitism – an issue she sees as inalienable from her core mission
By Jordana Horn
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his office in Jerusalem, February 5, 2024 (Haim Zach/GPO)
May 20, 2024, 1:49 am
Beyond Israel’s borders: Netanyahu’s arrogance risks Israeli-Egyptian relations
India signs port agreement with Iran * Kuwait goes back to autocracy * Atrocities continue in Sudan civil war
By Ksenia Svetlova
A photo provided by an anti-judicial overhaul activist shows thousands protesting in Tel Aviv with a sign reading 'The court is supreme,' September 9, 2023. (Gilad Furst)
March 20, 2024, 7:19 pm
In wake of judicial overhaul efforts, global index demotes Israeli democracy
V-Dem ranking drops Israel from ‘liberal democracy’ to ‘electoral democracy,’ cites declines in transparency and predictability of law, government attacks on judiciary
By ToI Staff
Bo Nidaber activist Eytan Cohen-Munwes waits, while founder Daphne Haim-Langford engages with a passerby in the background, in Or Akiva, on September 22, 2023. (Gavriel Fiske/Times of Israel)
October 5, 2023, 10:37 pm
Establishing dialogue outposts nationwide, activists seek to hash out Israel’s rifts
Taking inspiration from Jewish religious outreach groups, the ‘Let’s Talk’ initiative sets up 50 ‘liberal democratic’ civil discourse tables across Israel every Friday morning
By Gavriel Fiske
Illustration of Israeli currency, July 9, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 26, 2023, 1:32 pm
Daily Briefing July 26: Economic instability and IDF uncertainty follow overhaul law
Zman Yisrael editor Biranit Goren on Moody’s report, AG Gali Baharav-Miara’s High Court petition; military reporter Emanuel Fabian on how Israel’s enemies view reservists’ refusal
By ToI Staff
The fully black front pages of several Hebrew-language newspapers, an ad purchased by anti-judicial overhaul protesters, seen in a shop in Jerusalem, July 25, 2023, a day after the reasonableness law passed in the Knesset. (Chaim Goldbeg/Flash90)
July 25, 2023, 1:55 pm
Daily Briefing Jul 25: Day after society-rending vote, new contentious bill presented
Editor David Horovitz and Knesset correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn break down reasonableness law passage, chaotic aftermath and petitions to High Court that may lead to a showdown
By ToI Staff
Anti-overhaul activists block a road during a protest against the government's judicial overhaul, near the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on July 24, 2023. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
July 24, 2023, 1:33 pm
Daily Briefing July 24: Lack of trust has brought Israel to crisis. Who’s to blame?
Haviv Rettig Gur on last-ditch efforts by President Isaac Herzog to forge a compromise, and how distrust is the root of the problem; Canaan Lidor on signs of ultra-Orthodox wavering
By ToI Staff
Anti-overhaul activists attend a special prayer at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, on July 23, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 23, 2023, 2:07 pm
Daily Briefing July 23: After prayers at Western Wall, protesters march to Knesset
Political correspondent Tal Schneider and news editor Amy Spiro describe protests on the streets as the Knesset begins final debate over the contentious ‘reasonableness’ bill
By ToI Staff
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