judicial overhaul compromise talks

Shas chair Aryeh Deri arrives at the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on June 14, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

September 14, 2023, 12:09 am

Deri: Coalition shouldn’t force overhaul through Knesset, ignoring intense opposition

Shas chief insists he doesn’t plan cabinet return; admits powerful protest movement has hindered judicial shakeup, was spawned by government’s hardline nature and rhetoric

By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff

From left to right: Otzma Yehudit leader MK Itamar Ben Gvir, Likud chairman Benjamin Netanyahu, and Religious Zionism head MK Bezalel Smotrich, in 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

September 11, 2023, 8:30 pm

Netanyahu backs judicial compromise talks, but coalition allies balk at ‘surrender’

PM says partners won’t torpedo any possible deal on reform, as Smotrich rejects compromise on judge selection, Ben Gvir urges others to oppose ‘humiliation of over half the people’

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid speaks during a conference in Tel Aviv on September 10, 2023. (Flash90)

September 10, 2023, 11:24 pm

Lapid: Proposed overhaul compromise a ploy by Netanyahu to stymie court

Opposition leader says he knew from the start that a ‘too good to be true’ offer would come right before PM’s trip to US

By ToI Staff

The new 100 Israeli Shekel bill, December 31, 2017. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

September 10, 2023, 2:12 pm

Daily Briefing Sept 10: What’s in Bank of Israel’s arsenal as shekel hits 3-year low?

Tech Israel editor Sharon Wrobel on uncertainty over judicial overhaul leading to Israeli currency volatility; military correspondent Emanuel Fabian on Israeli efforts for Morocco

By ToI Staff

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana holds a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, September 6, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

September 7, 2023, 1:04 pm

Daily Briefing Sept. 7: As Ohana foments revolt against court, who is his audience?

Senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur on why the speaker of the Knesset is threatening not to uphold a High Court decision; news editor Amy Spiro on a forgotten 1974 terrorist attack

By ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen at the Jerusalem District Court for the testimony in his corruption trial of businessman Arnon Milchan's, July 6, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

September 6, 2023, 10:33 pm

Netanyahu demanded exclusion of recusal law from potential overhaul freeze – report

PM said to insist any moratorium on legislation not include override clause, so that Knesset can re-legislate recusal law if it’s overturned by High Court in upcoming hearing

By ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on August 20, 2023. Justice Minister Yariv Levin is at left. (Olivier Fitoussi/POOL)

September 6, 2023, 4:19 pm

Netanyahu is begging for an overhaul lifeline. Nobody wants to give him a way out

Up to his neck in trouble, the premier would be thrilled to compromise on the judiciary makeover, but those he needs behind him see little reason to help him out

By Shalom Yerushalmi

National Unity leader Benny Gantz speaks at an event with party supporters in the Drom HaSharon Regional Council, September 5, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

September 5, 2023, 10:50 pm

As Netanyahu urges judicial talks, Gantz says open to compromise but PM can’t deliver

Likud leader offers face-to-face talks after meeting Justice Minister Levin, who opposes plan reportedly accepted by premier; National Unity party head dismisses call as ‘spin’

By ToI Staff

President Isaac Herzog, right, grants Likud party chairman MK Benjamin Netanyahu the mandate to form a new government, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on November 13, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/ Flash90)

September 5, 2023, 7:13 pm

What Herzog’s overhaul plan means, and the impediments to a potential breakthrough

Lack of clear coalition support imperils proposal, which as reported hands coalition a minimal win in exchange for freezing changes to Judicial Selection Committee for 18 months

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

President Isaac Herzog speaks during a ceremony at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange on July 17, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)

September 4, 2023, 9:41 pm

Herzog says indirect overhaul talks have been renewed, as reports fly about new deal

Source in PM’s office denies any agreement has been reached to ‘soften’ reasonableness law and freeze bills, while reports say Netanyahu seeks deal before he meets Biden this month

By ToI Staff

Anti-government protesters in Tel Aviv on August 26, 2023 (Gitai Palti)

August 26, 2023, 5:07 pm

‘A minister who hates Arabs will protect Arab children?’: 100k at Tel Aviv protests

With latest rallies focusing on Arab community killings, mayor whose municipal official was slain says: ‘Whoever appoints Ben Gvir to keep us safe, doesn’t want to keep us safe’

By ToI Staff

Then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) with Yuli Edelstein (center) and Yariv Levin at the Likud party faction meeting at the Knesset on April 30, 2019 (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

August 24, 2023, 4:35 pm

Justice minister meets MK Edelstein in bid to whip votes for overhaul legislation

After last month’s passage of ‘reasonableness’ law, the Likud MK signaled he won’t automatically support further laws relating to judiciary

By ToI Staff

Yesh Atid party head MK Yair Lapid addresses the Knesset plenum, July 30, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

July 30, 2023, 5:53 pm

Lapid: Freeze judicial overhaul until 2025, or we won’t return to talks

Likud says it is ready to speak without preconditions — meaning it refuses to halt the process; Knesset begins recess of nearly 3 months this evening

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Philosopher and public intellectual Dr. Micah Goodman. (Yonit Schiller)

July 28, 2023, 4:57 am

What Matters Now to thinker Micah Goodman: An incipient internal ‘intifada’

Public intellectual weighs in on Netanyahu’s ‘bad decision,’ unintended consequences of reservists’ refusals and how to understand the judicial conflict in three prisms

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

President Isaac Herzog hosts delegations from Likud, Yesh Atid and National Unity for judicial overhaul negotiations at his residence in Jerusalem, March 28, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

July 26, 2023, 8:35 pm

Herzog: Those in power are chiefly responsible for mending rift caused by overhaul

President says he’s ‘deeply disappointed’ by failure to reach compromise but will press efforts to bridge gaps; coalition whip calls his comments ‘unfortunate’

By ToI Staff