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Yesh Atid leader MK Yair Lapid speaks to the media in the Knesset, on December 24, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 16, 2019, 12:32 am
Opposition lambastes Netanyahu after report says he will push for immunity law
Politicians remind PM of his pre-election pledge not to seek to bypass graft charges; Labor MK says he is ‘destroying the country to save his own skin’
By Raoul Wootliff and TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of the Likud party, walks through the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem on April 8, 2019, a day ahead of Israel's parliamentary elections. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
May 15, 2019, 8:51 pm
TV report: Netanyahu briefs Likud MKs on ‘how to sell’ immunity law to public
Channel 12 says PM has ‘conclusively’ decided to pass legislation to evade prosecution in criminal cases against him, has yet to decide whether to also take on Supreme Court
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister Office in Jerusalem, February 01, 2015. (photo credit: Alex Kolomoisky/POOL)
May 15, 2019, 6:51 am
Unbridled government: How Netanyahu’s purported plan will cripple the High Court
Legislation reportedly at heart of coalition talks would mark the most significant change ever to Israeli constitutional law; it would also render Netanyahu immune from prosecution
By Raoul Wootliff
Supreme Court President Esther Hayut arrives for a court hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, March 14, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 14, 2019, 1:11 pm
Supreme Court president invokes Nazi era in implicit swipe at Netanyahu
Esther Hayut says judicial institutions can’t ‘withstand every attack’; PM said to be seeking legislation that would shatter judicial oversight
By Michael Bachner
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the Israel Prize ceremony in Jerusalem, on Israel's 71st Independence Day, May 9, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 13, 2019, 9:58 pm
Netanyahu slams ‘distorted’ reports on his plans to curb Supreme Court
PM says media claims he intends to shatter court’s oversight powers are ‘untrue,’ but acknowledges he will work to stop it from being ‘all-powerful’
By TOI staff
Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz speaks at the Knesset on May 13, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
May 13, 2019, 9:52 pm
In first Knesset speech, Gantz warns of ‘threat to democratic system’
Blue and White leader and potential opposition head says his party will stand in the face of efforts to erode state institutions and the rule of law
By TOI staff
Blue and White party head Benny Gantz speaks during a press conference at the party headquarters in Tel Aviv, April 10, 2019 (Flash90)
May 13, 2019, 4:14 pm
Opposition slams PM’s reported plan to override Supreme Court in immunity bid
‘People must take to the streets before democracy destroyed,’ Lapid urges; Bar Association head warns ‘we will all the pay the price’ if checks and balances not maintained
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, February 5, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
May 13, 2019, 10:27 am
Netanyahu said to plan bill to override High Court, safeguard his immunity
Legislation would reportedly elevate decisions of elected officials above those of the court and protect PM from prosecution
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon, center, during a vote at the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament, November 18, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
April 5, 2019, 4:03 am
Netanyahu allies, including top Likud minister, say they won’t back immunity law
After prime minister refuses to rule out so-called French Law, Gilad Erdan and several rightist party heads say no chance they will legislate to protect him from prosecution
By Raoul Wootliff
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