Lapid pans government 'circus' over party leader's dismissal and Religious Zionism's boycott of cabinet meeting; Gantz laments that carrying out ruling became 'not so clear-cut'

Move follows High Court ruling disqualifying Shas leader, is expected to take effect Tuesday morning, ending his term after only 26 days in office

Netanyahu has 'reasonable amount of time' to dismiss Deri after High Court ruling, but experts say Deri's presence at Sunday's cabinet meeting as a minister would be problematic

Demolition of site set up overnight to commemorate late national religious rabbi seen as first test of shaky coalition deal to divide authority of defense ministry in West Bank

Organizers say site deliberately chosen to foil Palestinian territorial contiguity, call on Netanyahu government not to raze it like the previous government

Along with ruling Deri's ministerial return 'extremely unreasonable' given his recidivism, the High Court invoked a 2nd legal device because he'd indicated he was quitting politics

Bench finds 10-1 that Deri's appointment to cabinet is both unreasonable due to past offenses and invalid due to false impression given in 2022 plea bargain that he'd quit politics

In recording from a few months ago, far-right minister heard saying he could act against LGBTQ community without repercussions from his base; 'I won't stone gays [to death]'

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