After ambassador calls to 'pump brakes' on judicial shakeup, Simcha Rothman suggests he doesn't know what he's talking about; Likud minister tells Nides to 'mind your own business'

Former heads of police, Shin Bet, Mossad warn legal shakeup 'will cause damage for generations’; constitution scholar says president's power symbolic, refusal wouldn't carry weight

Opposition head says pause would enable president to facilitate dialogue on judicial reform; coalition delays some private bills but presses 'full speed ahead' with main proposals

Senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur discusses the president's efforts to mediate the contested plan as health and science writer Nathan Jeffay looks at the results of 3 new studies

Plenum votes on override clause, reinstating Deri pushed to later date amid Herzog mediation efforts; Levin, Rothman say delayed bills were privately filed, no delay in legislation

Head of the Knesset committee pushing through legislation cancels session in order to meet with president, but says he's unwilling to compromise on core parts of overhaul plan

Gur Bligh, who advises Constitution Committee, raises numerous concerns over limitations on judicial review in government's radical legal reform package

Knesset reporter Carrie Keller-Lynn and legal reporter Jeremy Sharon were on the scene yesterday inside and outside the Knesset. They weigh in on where matters are heading now

Why Justice Minister Yariv Levin is in such a rush, foreign investors are increasingly worried, and President Herzog's call for dialogue may fail

Justice minister, Knesset panel head overseeing bills say they are willing to start dialogue 'without preconditions'; opposition says proposal disingenuous while process continues