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Weekly demonstrations shifted to Sunday due to Rosh Hashanah; organizers vow to protect Declaration of Independence after government lawyer downplays importance of document

Demonstrators stage march in Tel Aviv while carrying Declaration of Independence; focus turns to America this week as activists plan to hound the PM wherever he goes

This excerpted essay by Jewish People Policy Institute president Yedidia Stern appears in A Jewish State – 75 Perspectives (Academic Studies Press), to be released October 3.

Israel's Supreme Court could reject the judicial reform, but suggest ways it could be changed to pass muster,

Israel's Supreme Court could reject the judicial reform, but suggest ways it could be changed to pass muster,

A resident of a West Bank settlement city, the Hebrew U prof. is a vocal opponent of the coalition's judicial overhaul. Hear how 2,000 years of Jewish law shapes his thinking

As we pick our way through some of the most severe internal troubles in Israel's history, the inherent covenant binding the Jewish people and Israel is in peril.

It is difficult for a calf - Israel political Left - to leave the udders of its mother - the government in all of its institutions.

As the Court hears petitions against the first judicial overhaul bill, Palestinian human rights lawyer Hassan Jabareen assesses the state of play.

Knesset speaker Amir Ohana has suggested swapping the High Court with a "constitutional court."