Avichai Mandelblit, former close confidant of Netanyahu who served as his attorney general, says proposed legal changes introduced to help PM bring trial to improper end

Shas proposal sought new restrictions on egalitarian prayer, imposed heavy punishments on those who defy it; Netanyahu pledges there will be no change to the status quo

Avichai Mandelblit, former close confidant of Netanyahu who served as his attorney general, says PM defended the court in the past, avoided making Yariv Levin justice minister

Innovesta's software reveals volume of social media discussion relating to 'danger to democracy' in Israel rose by 556% between November 2022 and January 2023

Herzog again backs compromise, says Israel in a ‘very volatile moment’; justice minister argues attorney general's legal opinion warning of damage to democracy 'doesn't hold water'

Noting threats to attorney general amid increasingly heated national debate, opposition leader says some on right have 'lost sight of right and wrong. It's insanity'

Decision comes day after justice minister tore into attorney general over failure to speak out or direct an investigation into David Hodek's comments

Israel Democracy Institute poll survey finds 63% want political camps to find common ground in fight over judicial shakeup

Lashing current process, Gali Baharav-Miara says legislation to limit High Court's power will 'fundamentally change the democratic nature of the state’s governance'

The new generation of right-wing politicians are bound by the belief that entrenched leftist elites lurk behind every institution and policy problem. The result is chaos