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Israel greenlights new national guard demanded by far-right security minister

The Israeli government approved Sunday the formation of a national guard, which opponents warn would function as a "private militia" of firebrand National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir who had pushed for the decision.

France 24

Israeli cabinet approves Ben-Gvir’s ‘national guard’ plan

Critics warn the far-right security minister may use his national guard against Palestinian citizens of Israel.

Al Jazeera

Israel Advances National Guard Force for Right-Wing Minister

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government on Sunday gave preliminary approval for the creation of a national guard overseen by an ultranationalist Cabinet minister with a long record of anti-Arab rhetoric and stunts. Netanyahu agreed to move ahead on the force last week after he postponed a contentious government plan…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Israel OKs Ben-Gvir's 'national guard' but hedges on his powers

Israel authorised on Sunday a national guard sought by far-right security chief Itamar Ben-Gvir to focus on Arab unrest, but held off on giving him direct command after political rivals voiced concern the force could become a sectarian "militia."

Reuters

Israeli government advances Ben-Gvir's national guard force

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has given preliminary approval for the establishment of a national guard overseen by an ultranationalist Cabinet minister with a long record of anti-Arab rhetoric and stunts

The Independent UK

Trudy Rubin: Israeli democracy is still under threat, even if Netanyahu has hit the 'pause' button

The urgent threat to Israeli democracy that brought that entire country to a halt on Sunday is far from over.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Israel protests: Netanyahu delays judicial reforms over fears of 'civil war' – but deep fault-lines threaten future of democracy

Despite Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to delay the planned judicial reforms that have so destabilised Israeli society, the country’s crisis of democracy is far from over.

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Commentary: What Netanyahu and Israelis learned from the Trump playbook

Early in 2019, as Israel was heading into a divisive parliamentary election, a massive campaign poster along a Tel Aviv freeway showed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shaking hands with President Donald Trump. Now, five such elections and one near-civil war later, that same highway has been repeatedly blocked by protesters…

Los Angeles Times

The Guardian view on Israel’s political crisis: not over yet

Editorial: Benjamin Netanyahu hasn’t abandoned his attack on the supreme court. His opponents should not give up either

The Guardian - UK

Israel's former leader says Netanyahu should either reform his coalition or resign

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says the government's choice to delay a vote on a controversial judicial overhaul amounts to a temporary compromise. He tells NPR what he'd like to see next.

WEKU

Here’s Israel’s judicial proposal that drew people to protest

Reports indicate PM Netanyahu will halt his plans, after weeks of protest and the sacking of his defence minister.

Al Jazeera

Israeli PM Netanyahu says he is ‘not ready to divide the nation in pieces’ after mass protests over judicial overhaul – as it happened

Israeli prime minister confirms he will delay controversial measure for several weeks after tens of thousands protested

The Guardian - UK

As tensions reach breaking point, Israelis are arming themselves and Palestinians are seeking revenge

With both Israeli settlers and Palestinian assailants involved in rising violence, critics fear a new 'wild west' mentality is taking hold in the region.

ABC News

Concern over violence as Palestinians prepare for Ramadan in Jerusalem

Bloodshed and hardline Israeli politics raise tensions on eve of Muslim holy month

The Guardian - UK

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Los Angeles Times

Longtime Israel backers in US turn outraged critics — but Biden administration remains distant

WASHINGTON — With massive street protests, a mutiny by elite military reserve officers and outrage from diplomats, academics and former officials, Israel seems steeped in epic crisis.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Right now, to love Israel is to denounce it

When my maternal grandmother was around 7 years old, she was nearly the victim of a pogrom. It was the late 1930s. Europe was a stretched rubber band, soon to snap. My grandma was visiting family in a small Polish town. One day, the non-Jewish inhabitants wielded knives and sticks…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel’s President Calls to Scrap Judicial Overhaul as Protests Mount

Israel's president urged the government to abandon attempts to push through bitterly contested plans to overhaul the judiciary and seek a model with broad support as tens of thousands of protesters returned to the streets on Thursday. The drive by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hard-right government to enact sweeping changes…

France 24

Israelis protesting judicial reform force Netanyahu airlift

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had to be airlifted on Thursday to the country's main international airport for an official overseas trip, after throngs of cars and protesters prevented him from driving there.

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The Philadelphia Inquirer

Trudy Rubin: Netanyahu's attack on Israel's judiciary also impacts the United States

It is quite stunning to watch the elected leader of a democracy drag his country toward authoritarianism and a civil war — and all for egotistical reasons.

Zenger

Israeli President Announces A Close Agreement To Judicial Reform As Lawmakers Seek Common Ground

Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday told a gathering of some 100 municipal officials that a compromise judicial reform

Asharq Al-Awsat

At Least 6 Palestinians Killed during Israeli West Bank Raid

The Israeli army raided the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday, Palestinian health officials said, leading to a gunbattle that killed at least six Palestinians and wounded 10 others. Israeli military officials, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss events still unfolding, said the army had entered Jenin…

The Independent UK

Israeli minister parties with settlers in West Bank city

Israel’s far-right national security minister has joined Jewish revelers in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel Demolishes Homes in Jerusalem, Prepares for Evictions in Sheikh Jarrah

Israel demolished three houses on Monday in the Wadi al-Joz neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem under the pretext of construction without a permit. The Israeli move violates the Aqaba understandings, which stipulated the cessation of unilateral measures, which the Palestinians limited to storming the Palestinian Authority (PA) areas, demolishing Jerusalem…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel President Says Judicial Compromise ‘Closer’ as Protests Escalate

Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday said a compromise in the government's judicial overhaul plan could be imminent even as protests against the reform continued to spread. Local media circulated a letter by 10 former air force chiefs to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warning of the "grave and tangible" threat…

Zenger

Police Struggle With Anti-Judicial Reform Demonstrators As They Attempted To Block Roads

Israelis demonstrating in Tel Aviv on Saturday night against the government’s judicial reform plan defied police orders.

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