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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 572

Override Clause

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen at the Jerusalem District Court for the testimony of businessman Arnon Milchan in the premier's corruption trial, 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
Fenet Gossa and Kalkidan Eshteu work on their EZ Registration project at the Foka STEMpower center in Bishoftu, Ethiopia, July 2023. (courtesy)
August 21, 2023, 1:40 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 21: The ultra-Orthodox aren’t bringing down the coalition – yet
Deputy editor Amanda Borschel-Dan explores scientific entrepreneurship in Africa and religion reporter Canaan Lidor explains a community’s hostile takeover in Hungary
By ToI Staff
A cartoon published in the Yated Ne’eman daily, showing a Haredi man (left) saying "no thanks" to suits offered by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu labeled "judicial reform," "defense reform," "technology reform," and "economic reform," August 4, 2023. (Yated Ne'eman/Yoni Gerstein)
August 4, 2023, 2:27 pm
Cartoon in key Haredi newspaper says ‘no thanks’ to judicial overhaul
Ultra-Orthodox man rejects coalition policies in caricature published by daily, indicating flagging support for controversial legislation from key coalition partner
By ToI Staff
Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf attends a United Torah Judaism faction meeting at the Knesset on July 10, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 12, 2023, 1:17 pm
Haredi minister: PM promised me override bill, ‘imperative’ for coalition survival
United Torah Judaism party leader Yitzhak Goldknopf says he was assured the contentious measure will become law; days ago, Netanyahu insisted it was dead
By ToI Staff
MK Moshe Gafni leads a Finance Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 12, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 4, 2023, 10:54 am
Gafni chides Netanyahu on ditching ‘override clause’: He can’t decide unilaterally
Ultra-Orthodox coalition partner says he has made his feelings clear to PM, who has since reportedly backed away from public pledge to scrap the contentious legislation
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Ultra-Orthodox Jews and police, in a protest against a national military draft bill, Jerusalem, April 10, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/File)
July 3, 2023, 12:34 pm
Torah study said set to be anchored in Basic Law, to cement Haredi draft exemptions
Bill planned for Knesset’s winter session is reportedly aimed at providing safety net in case High Court strikes down proposed law exempting Haredi youth from army service
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on July 2, 2023. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)
July 2, 2023, 5:55 pm
In U-turn, Netanyahu said to reassure ministers override clause has not been shelved
Days after telling Wall Street Journal he ‘threw out’ controversial bill, PM reportedly tells fuming cabinet behind closed doors that softened version of legislation could return
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and Justice Minister Yariv Levin arrive to vote on the judicial selection panel in the Knesset, June 14, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 1, 2023, 12:14 am
Pledging to carry on with overhaul, Levin says battle is over state’s character
Likud ministers say they won’t give in, including on the ‘override’ clause that Netanyahu says he’s scrapped
By ToI Staff
Likud leader MK Benjamin Netanyahu (L) with Head of the Otzma Yehudit party MK Itamar Ben Gvir at a vote in the assembly hall of the Knesset on December 28, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 29, 2023, 3:46 pm
‘Surrender’: Coalition MKs up in arms after PM says he’s dropped ‘override’ clause
Likud’s Miki Zohar contradicts premier’s statements in WSJ interview, says ‘clause will come in the future’; far-right police minister Ben Gvir says Netanyahu caved to protesters
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to The Wall Street Journal in an interview published June 29, 2023 (screenshot: YouTube. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 29, 2023, 9:33 am
Netanyahu to US media: Judicial overhaul is moving ahead without ‘override clause’
‘I threw that out,’ PM tells WSJ; says he’s attentive to which parts of legislation ‘will pass muster’ with public, will amend judicial selection bill; Biden meet ‘may take time’
By ToI Staff
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)
May 29, 2023, 10:52 am
Coalition said to propose freezing key parts of judicial overhaul for a year
Report says legislation will be passed on the issues of ‘reasonableness,’ legal advisers; opposition thought unwilling to immediately agree; direct talks to restart Tuesday
By ToI Staff
African migrants protest at the Holot detention center near Ketziot, in the Negev Desert, southern Israel, February 17, 2014. (FLASH90)
April 27, 2023, 8:56 am
Overhaul backers turn thrice-struck asylum seeker law into emblem of court activism
Contrasting justices’ rejection of bill jailing African migrants with their approval of Gaza Disengagement Law, Simcha Rothman cuts to very heart of debate dividing Israeli society
By Jeremy Sharon
Prof. Moshe Koppel receiving a prize in Jerusalem on June 4, 2019. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
March 26, 2023, 3:15 pm
Head of think tank behind judicial push sees dead end for ‘idiotic’ override clause
Moshe Koppel says only Haredi party United Torah Judaism still insisting on keeping measure as part of overhaul package, with his Kohelet forum pushing Levin and Rothman to drop it
By ToI Staff
Israelis protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the Israel's judicial system, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, March 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
March 18, 2023, 11:52 pm
Coalition to push ahead with judicial overhaul, bills to assist Netanyahu and Deri
Constitution committee will hold back-to-back hearings ahead of likely final votes next week, while bills to help PM and Shas chief with legal problems will also be advanced
By Jeremy Sharon
Justice Minister Yariv Levin in the Knesset plenum on March 6, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 17, 2023, 11:58 pm
Report: Coalition may rush to take over judge selection, slow some other bills
TV network says aim would be to pass core part of radical reform, while trying to sap energy from protests by delaying certain other elements
By ToI Staff
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