Knesset panel to discuss bills letting MKs shield legislation from review, limit option of recusing PM; next plenum votes expected Wednesday, when protesters plan 'day of struggle'

Organizers claim 300k take part in demonstrations throughout Israel; ex-PM Barak warns of 'worst crisis since state’s formation,' says president must choose a side

Demonstrators respond as Netanyahu says he wants to 'punch' those opposed to judicial overhaul; Tel Aviv again to be the focus of 8th week of mass protests

Opponents of the judicial overhaul offer no alternative, no vision and no strategy. These are given to a political movement by its leaders, which the center-left doesn't have

Prof. Moshe Hazan resigns from panel that sets Israel's interest rate, claims judicial makeover would ultimately harm economy, make country a 'banana republic'

Senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur on Shas head Aryeh Deri's role; Knesset correspondent Carrie Keller-Lynn on last night's Tel Aviv protest, rumors about an attorney general showdown

Addressing mass Tel Aviv rally, David Grossman says planned judicial overhaul causes many Israelis to feel 'internal exile,' warns nation faces 'fateful struggle for its character'

New directive comes after minister alleged a double standard regarding how left-wing protesters in Tel Aviv are treated versus ultra-Orthodox demonstrators in Jerusalem

Coordinated 'strike' held in over a dozen universities and colleges, with organizers vowing to fight 'liquidation of the justice system'; counter-rallies back 'fixing' of judiciary

26-year-old resident of Elad charged with reckless driving and making threats against group of Ben-Gurion University students protesting controversial proposed legal reforms