Builders say funding proposals for major infrastructure project are unreasonable and unviable; so-called Metro Law advances in legislative committee

Esther Hayut hits back at coalition's moves to neuter judiciary, signals her court will resist government bid to alter 'the democratic identity of the country beyond recognition'

In unprecedented address, Supreme Court president denounces planned government legal reform, says it will undermine judicial independence, hand legislative 'blank check' to Knesset

Levin's bill remakes terms for choosing High Court president, aims to prevent justices blocking his whole package, allows re-legislation of any law the justices strike down

Justice minister publishes details of legal overhaul which will forbid High Court from intervening on Basic Laws, grant government total control over the appointment of judges

Former Supreme Court deputy president tells Times of Israel radical legal shakeup would leave Israel with just one branch of government - and potentially a 'democracy in name' only

Prof. Tom Ginsburg heads the Comparative Constitutions Project, which analyzes constitutions around the world - and his take on Israel's proposed judicial reform isn't very rosy

Legislation to enact four components of coalition's legal reforms to be submitted to government by end of January, with passage of bills sought by end of Knesset winter session

PM says coalition is carrying out the will of the people, a day after former Supreme Court president attacked the planned reforms and thousands demonstrated in Tel Aviv

Former Supreme Court president calls planned judicial reforms 'poison pills' that would mark 'beginning of the end' for Israel. Levin: He 'doesn't understand essence of democracy'