'Remember we are one nation, brothers and sisters,' the PM said in response to a plea from the president. But that's precisely what a now-desperate Herzog was telling Netanyahu

As things stand, and despite talk of compromise, the coalition is set in days to bulldoze through the Knesset its revolution in Israel's governance, giving all power to Netanyahu

Only Netanyahu can avert catastrophe - by halting his bid to neuter the courts and instead negotiating genuine reform. It might cost him his coalition, but it would save the state

The national turmoil over the PM's judicial overhaul is now being exacerbated by surging Palestinian terrorism and settler extremism. And still his entire Likud faction is silent

Having easily secured initial approval for a central element of its move to neuter the High Court, the coalition is now on a collision course with Israel's foundational principles

Kudos to President Herzog for his judicial overhaul compromise proposals, but if Netanyahu wanted constructive reform, he wouldn't have pitched Israel into this crisis

MKs are about to okay the 1st reading of parts of the judicial overhaul package; it's really one man's power grab, and only that man can pull Israel back from the autocratic brink

Shas leader is vowing to keep championing 'the poorer echelons,' but he and his ultra-Orthodox colleagues do the opposite -- with calamitous consequences, as the PM well knows

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'

The prime minister has unleashed his justice minister to neutralize the High Court, the only effective brake on government excess, and secure him unbridled power