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Coalition will gain full authority over first two High Court appointments during its tenure heavy influence over further appointments; Dichter raises concern but votes in favor

From the blog of Yedidia Z. Stern at The Times of Israel

Herzog presents compromiseOn Wednesday evening, in an address to the nation, Israeli President Isaac Herzog unveiled his much-anticipated compromise ...

In latest sign of division at Kohelet, Tom Sadeh says he was never silenced for views, but feels he can't work at organization that inspired government's radical program

Kohelet Forum, which provided the ideological foundations for the coalition's radical legislation, says High Court override law could be removed from the package

Reducing the possibility of invalidating legislation and the rest of the initiatives will further undermine the protection of the rights of the Arab minority in Israel, whose trust in the judicial system has steadily decreased in recent years - but is still high in relation to trust in other institutions.

Former attorney-general "cautiously optimistic" about a resolution of the crisis, and if the government ignores the injunction Israel will be ostracized.

Top legal expert outlines the key elements of the plan: "At least four-and-a-half out of five parts of this reform are no-brainers."

Prof. Moshe Koppel of the Kohelet Policy Forum outlined the five key elements of the program to JNS.

President says current reform 'endangers' democracy, but closed-door meetings have made progress; doesn't urge halt to legislation, but opposition responds that this is a must