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Yesh Atid leader expected to declare on Tuesday he has coalition to oust Netanyahu; Meretz MK says baby threatened; Haredi party: Lapid gov't in 'defiance of Heaven'

Esther Hayut rails against 'dangerous and irresponsible' comments by Yariv Levin, who accused justices of a 'coup' after they rebuked Knesset for amending Basic Law

“The judiciary is an island of stability in this time of great upheaval, although unfortunately there are those who have set themselves the goal of harming and weakening it,” says Chief Justice Esther Hayut.

שלטי המפגינים מתחת לביתה של שקד, "שמאלנים בוגדים", הוכנו מראש, במה שהפכה מזמן לסיסמת הביביזם. עם זאת, הנאום של יו"ר ימינה היה מחבק, אחראי ולעיתים גם מרגש - ההפך מנאומו של רה"מ, שמנסה בכל מחיר להנציח את הכאוס שמאפשר לו לשלוט כבר שנתיים מבלי לנצח בבחירות

Get email notification for articles from Carolina Landsmann Follow May. 30, 2021 12:13 AM Judging by the level of public interest, Israelis weren’t bothered by the fact that the Israel Defense Forces used the foreign media as undercover agents in a military operation. On Thursday night two weeks ago, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit “informed” foreign reporters that Israeli ground forces had entered the Gaza Strip. I put “informed” in quotes because the unit didn’t actually inform for...

Supreme Court President Esther Hayut The High Court on Sunday ruled on petitions against the NIS 11 billion ($3.4 billion) increase in the budget that had been passed through an amendment to the Basic Law: The Knesset by the previous Knesset. The Basic Laws were originally intended to be draft chapters of a future Israeli constitution, but the actual process of drafting a constitution has been on hold since 1950. For the past 70 years or so, the Basic Laws act as a de facto constitution until t...

As Yair Lapid tries to get the coalition express back on track, he may be derailed by Naftali Bennett playing the switchman; and frivolous lawmaking gets the thumbs-down

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Haviv Rettig Gur is The Times of Israels senior analyst. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a ceremony marking Memorial Day for Israels fallen soldiers and victims of terror, at Yad Labanim in Jerusalem on April 13, 2021. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90) At 10 minutes before midnight on Tuesday night, Benjamin Netanyahu informed President Reuven Rivlin yet again that he had failed to form a government. It’s hard to exaggerate how painful the failure is for Israel’s longest-serving prime ...