Issued on: 02/01/2024 – 10:57Modified: 02/01/2024 – 11:38 01:46 © FRANCE 24 Israel’s top court ruled Monday against a key component of the government’s controversial legaloverhaul which challenged the powers of the judiciary and sparked mass protests. Read more on related topics: Source :
Benjamin Netanyahu has dominated the political landscape in Israel for more than two decades but, almost one year after regaining the role of prime minister,...
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Israel’s Supreme Court began a hearing Tuesday on petitions to strike down a major element of the hard-right government’s controversial judicial overhaul which has triggered...
Thousands of Israeli doctors walked out of work, labor leaders threatened a general strike and senior justices rushed home from a trip abroad Tuesday, a...
Issued on: 24/07/2023 – 17:18Modified: 24/07/2023 – 17:24 01:40 © France 24 Israel’s parliament on Monday ratified the first bill of a judicial overhaul sought by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after last-gasp compromise efforts collapsed and failed to ease a constitutional crisis convulsing the country for months. The amendment limiting the Supreme Court’s powers to void some government decisions if it deemed them “unreasonable” passed by a 64-to-0 vote after opposition lawmakers abandoned the session in protest, some of them shouting: “For shame!”. FRANCE 24’s correspondent in...
Issued on: 24/07/2023 – 16:16Modified: 24/07/2023 – 16:29 05:38 © France 24 Israeli lawmakers on Monday approved a key portion of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s divisive plan to reshape the country’s justice system despite massive protests that have exposed unprecedented fissures in Israeli society. The vote came after a stormy session in which opposition lawmakers chanted “shame” and then stormed out of the chamber. FRANCE 24’s International Affairs Commentator, Douglas Herbert gives his analysis. Read more on related topics: Source...
Issued on: 24/07/2023 – 15:39Modified: 24/07/2023 – 15:51 02:21 © France 24 Parliament is Israel has just approved a controversial clause limiting the power of the country’s Supreme Court. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset for this Monday’s vote after being discharged from hospital where he was fitted with a pacemaker. Israel’s president had been trying to form a compromise until the last minute. The latest development comes despite months of protests across sectors and cities in Israel. FRANCE 24’s correspondent in Jerusalem Irris Makler tells us...
Issued on: 24/07/2023 – 14:14Modified: 24/07/2023 – 14:26 04:13 © France 24 Israeli lawmakers on Monday prepared for a final vote on a major component of the hard-right government’s controversial judicial overhaul, even as US President Joe Biden called for postponing the “divisive” bill that triggered months of mass protests. FRANCE 24’s International Affairs Commentator Douglas Herbert tells us more. Read more...
Issued on: 24/07/2023 – 12:14Modified: 24/07/2023 – 13:36 03:33 © France 24 Protesters chained themselves outside Israel’s parliament on Monday, as the country’s president led a last minute bid for a compromise on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious judicial overhaul ahead of a crucial vote in the Knesset. FRANCE 24’s correspondent in Jerusalem Irris Makler tells...
Issued on: 24/07/2023 – 10:59Modified: 24/07/2023 – 11:10 02:00 After an emergency heart procedure, Benjamin Netanyahu left the hospital on Monday morning to the prospect of a deepening national crisis. On Sunday Tens of thousands of supporters and critics held rival demonstrations ahead of a major parliamentary vote on the first major piece of legislation aimed at overhauling te country’s justice system. The bill in the spotlight on Monday would limit the supreme court’s ability to void government decisions it deems “unreasonable”. FRANCE 24’s Gavin Lee has more. Read more on related topics: Source :
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu underwent surgery to implant a pacemaker on Sunday, just hours before lawmakers began debate on a controversial judicial overhaul bill...
