Netanyahu expected to wait until legislation goes for 1st Knesset reading to gauge public reaction before deciding if other elements of overhaul will be advanced in current session

As some 100,000 demonstrate in Tel Aviv and thousands protest elsewhere, leaders maintain dark forces continue to threaten Israel's democracy

Victorious candidate says his election will go down as 'an important chapter in the history of Israeli democracy'

Some voters report waiting many hours to cast ballots, as attorneys scramble to address prospect of government controlling judicial selection without the need for legislation

Turnout high as top candidates trade barbs; victory of government ally over staunch overhaul critic could mean government will be able to remake judiciary without legislation

White House reiterates importance of 'broadest possible base of popular support' for judicial reforms as bill shackling court on 'reasonableness' doctrine heads to committee

Support within the IBA's National Council could lend Justice Minister Yariv Levin enough power to remake the Israeli judiciary without the need to pass contentious legislation

Coalition likely to push one bill restricting the High Court's use of the reasonableness doctrine to review gov't policy, and another curbing ministerial legal advisers' powers

Addressing cabinet meeting, prime minister accuses Lapid and Gantz of 'playing a game' and seeking to 'waste time' by freezing negotiations

Netanyahu said making efforts to resume negotiations with opposition, as one ally warns that if reforms wither, ministers could quit en masse