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Amid protests at home, Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu to visit Germany

Israel's parliament on Tuesday advanced a bill that would let lawmakers pass laws that the Supreme Court cannot overturn — a key piece of legislation in Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies' proposed judicial overhaul that has divided the country

Israel parliament plows ahead on legal overhaul in defiance of mass protests

Lawmakers in the Knesset gave preliminary approval during a late-night vote on the bill, which would allow the parliament to declare a prime minister unfit to rule only for physical or mental reasons

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu advances plans to overhaul Israel's legal system despite uproar

Thousands of demonstrators were expected to gather outside the parliament, or Knesset, for a second straight week to rally against the plan as lawmakers prepared to hold an initial vote

Collegium chaos: How Israel’s judicial reforms find a parallel in what India needs

The Collegium should be abolished forthwith, the NJAC created, and the primacy of the elected Parliament over an unelected judiciary should be asserted, and that too, unambiguously

Explained: Who are Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right allies in Israel’s coalition government?

The Otzma Yehudit party, Religious Zionism and Noam account for 14 of 64 seats held in the Knesset by Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition. Here’s what you need to know about the parties and their leaders

Israel: President invites Netanyahu to form new government, grants six weeks to conclude coalition talks

Benjamin Netanyahu, 73, clinched victory in the national election as final results showed that the pro-Netanyahu bloc had got 64 Knesset seats

Explained: Why Israel is gearing up for its fifth election in three years

Naftali Bennett has called time on his government just a year into the job after members in his eight-party coalition kept leaving, paving the way for his ally and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid to take charge as caretaker prime minister in Israel

Russia-Ukraine war: Volodymyr Zelensky set to address Israel lawmakers today

The Ukrainian president has spoken to several foreign legislatures since the invasion launched on 24 February, including the US Congress, Britain's House of Commons and Germany's Bundestag

As Netanyahu's rule ends, returning to democratic norms only tie that binds fragile Israeli coalition

A signed coalition agreement was formally presented to the Knesset secretariat Friday, the last step before a vote and the swearing-in of the new government

Israel's parliament poised for historic vote that may end Benjamin Netanyahu's 12-year reign

The crunch Knesset vote will either terminate the hawkish premier's uninterrupted 12-year tenure or return Israel to a stalemate likely to trigger a fifth general election since 2019