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With a simple majority, a Knesset would be able to prevent a court from striking a piece of legislation up until a year after the overriding Knesset had been dissolved.

37 of 40 pilots in an elite combat unit cite objection to Netanyahu govt overhaul of judiciary as they refuse to turn up for trainings - Click the link for more details

From the blog of Bryan Schwartz at The Times of Israel

Groups claim that they are trying to “save” Israeli democracy. But their support for extreme rhetoric aims at toppling a democratically elected government and aids anti-Zionists.

I24 News - A total of 37 reserve pilots out of the 40 members of an elite Israel Air Force (IAF) unit announced that they will absent themselves from a scheduled training this week in protest of the government's judicial overhaul. Air Force Squadron 69 is one of the top units in the IAF. It

Plan will give politicians the power to appoint judges, block courts from reviewing almost all legislation and ministerial appointments; coalition wants to complete within a month

In a move that surprised and angered coalition committee members, committee chairman MK Simcha Rothman had decided to hold the revision vote on Sunday.

Thousands of Israelis took to the streets of Tel Aviv Saturday for a ninth consecutive week to protest government legal reforms critics see as threatening democracy.

Thousands of Israelis took to the streets of Tel Aviv Saturday for a ninth consecutive week to protest government legal reforms critics see as threatening democracy.Protests also occurred in Jerusalem and Karmiel near Haifa.The latest rally in Tel Aviv came after a similar demonstration on Wednesday when police employed stun grenades and water cannon in a rare use of force that led to about 39 arrests and 11 injuries in the coastal city.

This week in What Matters Now, The Times of Israel's senior analyst explains why PM Benjamin Netanyahu must see the judicial overhaul through - but there is still room for optimism