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CNN  —  When thousands of people hit Israel’s streets to protest against the passage of the first law in the government’s controversial judicial overhaul plan last week, a smaller group of Israelis was celebrating.

Sagit Afik asks High Court for right to respond, says attorney general setting 'precedent' in backing nixing of legislation

(Bloomberg) -- Israel’s Supreme Court took the unprecedented step of assigning all 15 of its justices to an appeal against a new law limiting their power, a sign of how important the case is amid an ongoing governmental crisis.Most Read from BloombergFitch’s US Credit Downgrade Sparks Criticism Along With UneaseMissing Goldman Sachs Analyst Confirmed Dead by New York PolicePoland Sends Troops to Belarus Border After Airspace BreachTrump Indicted on Federal Charges in 2020 Election ...

The country’s Supreme Court has played a pivotal role in securing gender equality. Neutering it will deal a blow to women’s rights.

On September 12th, Israel’s Top Court Will Hear at Least Seven Petitions Calling for the Disqualification of a New Law That Gives Netanyahu’s Government Legal Immunity From ‘Extremely Unreasonable’ Decisions. These Are the Key Legal Arguments They Hope Will Prove Decisive in a Key Battle for Israeli Democracy

Israel's Supreme Court on Monday said all 15 judges in a historic first would take part in a hearing on arguments against a law that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's religious-nationalist coalition passed as part of an overhaul of the judiciary. The Supreme Court agreed&#...

Netanyahu vows country won't descend into civil war over the judicial overhaul, as he continues US media interview blitz

In an unprecedented move, Supreme Court president Esther Hayut announced on Monday that all 15 justices of the court will deliberate the petitions against

High Court President Esther Hayut, Vice President Uzi Vogelman, and Justice Yitzhak Amit will preside over the hearing in which arguments will be made about the Basic Law: The Government amendment.

The prime minister told NBC News that "when the dust settles people will see that Israels democracy has been strengthened, not weakened."The post Netanyahu: ‘There won’t be a civil war’