Steps announced against backbencher, who earlier insisted she would not be punished for refusing to remove her candidacy for Judicial Selection Committee

In judicial appointments vote, the prime minister’s will was stymied not by far-right extremists or opposition foes, but by his own most loyal foot soldiers

Opposition leaders say they demand functioning judge selection panel if talks are to continue; Netanyahu accuses them of looking for an excuse to halt the process

The prime minister fails to impose discipline on his colleagues and the opposition manages an improbable victory, but the judicial overhaul advocates aren't done yet

Knesset rejects rogue Likud MK Gotliv; result embarasses PM, though coalition will likely elect own representative soon; opposition says no overhaul talks until committee formed

Coalition faces rogue candidates, as opposition says it won't stay at the negotiating table unless it gets its traditional seat on the committee

'We must end their intervention -- reform now,' far-right leader Itamar Ben Gvir says in speech in which he assails AG and other officials, amid stalled reform talks

Government also wants to limit legal advisers to nonbinding opinions; Likud MK says she'll seek to block appointment of Yitzhak Amit as next Supreme Court chief

Senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur weighs in on new alliances among Iran, Saudi Arabia and Hamas; military correspondent Emanuel Fabian reports on Hamas's expanded Lebanon base

Protest organizers vow to push on until legislation shelved; smaller pro-overhaul rallies take place in 12 locations, with police minister Ben Gvir at Netanya counter-demonstration