PM insists legal overhaul will be advanced responsibly, equates far-right coalition MK's call to arrest opposition chiefs with signs by protesters likening government to Nazis

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

Otzma Yehudit lawmakers defend fellow party member who called for placing Lapid and Gantz in cuffs, saying it was only meant metaphorically, and that other side's remarks are worse

Reform would also allow outside candidates, but is unlikely to receive support of justices; under current system, Hayut will be replaced by Amit in October

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

Otzma Yehudit leader tells MKs police will not go after political opponents; Netanyahu says democracies don't arrest opposition chiefs, but civil disobedience calls unacceptable

Zvika Fogel of far-right Otzma Yehudit says ex-premier and other politicians should be locked up for backing mass protests against judicial makeover and warning of civil war