Israel’s Supreme Court will hear challenge to law limiting its power
by Ben Sales TEL AVIV (JTA) — The Israeli Supreme Court has announced that it will hear petitions challenging a new law that limits its…
Politics
Jewish leaders slam Premier Smith for her 2021 remarks about COVID vaccinations and the Holocaust
By Deborah Shatz (AJNews) – The Alberta Election will be held on May 29 and the rhetoric is heating up. Earlier this week, a video…
‘Two Israels’: What’s really behind the judicial reform protests
by Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — When Benjamin Netanyahu put his controversial calls for judicial reform on pause two weeks ago, many thought the protesters in…
An ‘historic’ day in Israel ends with a political compromise — and big questions about the future
by Philissa Cramer (JTA) — Like hundreds of thousands of her fellow Israelis, Kelly Breakstone Roth’s instinct on March 26 was to take to the…
Protests and strike rock Israel as future of Netanyahu’s judicial reforms falls into doubt
by Ben Sales This is a developing story. (JTA) — Israel was filled with surreal images Sunday night as thousands of people lit bonfires and…