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Israel PM delays judicial reform: Netanyahu wants to 'give time for broad agreement'

Following weeks of mass protests and a day of nationwide turmoil, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has yielded to pressure and agreed to postpone his controversial judicial reforms as of March 27th. This decision was a significant reversal for his government, which had fired the defense minister just a day…

France 24

Commentary: What Netanyahu and Israelis learned from the Trump playbook

Early in 2019, as Israel was heading into a divisive parliamentary election, a massive campaign poster along a Tel Aviv freeway showed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shaking hands with President Donald Trump. Now, five such elections and one near-civil war later, that same highway has been repeatedly blocked by protesters…

Los Angeles Times

Israeli PM, Biden Exchange Frosty Words Over Legal Overhaul

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday rebuffed President Joe Biden's suggestion that the premier “walks away” from a contentious plan to overhaul the legal system, saying the country makes its own decisions. The exchange was a rare bout of public disagreement between the two close allies and signals building…

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No Invitation Has Been Extended From Biden to Israel’s Netanyahu Yet

White House officials said Tuesday there are still no arrangements regarding the possibility of US President Joe Biden inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House, noting that the US administration has not yet issued an official invitation. White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said: “There…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Is Israel’s far-right government jeopardising Emirati ties?

Israeli escalation with Palestinians caused tension between Israel and the UAE, but core relations are intact: Analysts.

Al Jazeera

Israel Parties Discuss Justice Reforms After Netanyahu U-turn

Israel's hard-right government and opposition parties were set for a second day of talks Wednesday on controversial judiciary reforms that sparked a general strike and mass protests in the country's most severe domestic crisis in years. Scepticism remained high over the negotiations on the judicial overhaul, which would curtail the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli PM, Biden exchange frosty words over legal overhaul

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel makes its own decisions, rebuffing President Joe Biden’s suggestion that that the premier drop a contentious plan to overhaul the legal system

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Afternoon Update: all eyes on RBA as inflation slows; Hillsong founder’s DUI charge; and amateur prospector’s $250,000 find

Annual inflation rate dropped in February to 6.8% – the slowest pace since June last year

The Guardian - AU

The Israeli Fight Over Judicial Review Highlights the Dangers of Unconstrained Democracy

Opponents of the proposed reforms are right that unlimited majority rule is a recipe for tyranny.

Reason

Israel’s Netanyahu rejects Biden’s call to ‘walk away’ from judicial overhaul

Prime minister praises US president’s commitment to Israel but will not be swayed by ‘pressures from abroad’

The Guardian - AU

Ron DeSantis to deliver speech next month at conference in Israel, a nation in turmoil

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will travel to Israel next month as the country faces unprecedented protests over proposed reforms to its judiciary, an early foreign policy test of the potential presidential contender.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Netanyahu to Biden: Israel does not make decisions based on pressures from abroad

Israel is a sovereign country that does not make decisions based on pressures from abroad, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said overnight between Tuesday and Wednesday in response to comments by U.S. President Joe Biden.

Reuters

Biden urges Netanyahu abandon judicial overhaul that sparked protests

U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to abandon a judicial overhaul proposal that led to massive protests in Israel, prompting the Israeli leader to say he does not make decisions based on pressure from abroad.

Reuters

Australia raises concerns with Israel about minister’s remarks on Palestinians

Finance minister Bezalel Smotrich provoked outrage by saying there was ‘no such thing as a Palestinian people’

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Reuters

DeSantis to travel to Israel ahead of likely 2024 White House bid

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, expected to be a top contender for the 2024 U.S. Republican presidential nomination, will travel to Israel next month as the country is being riven by a crisis that has led to widespread protests.

Al Jazeera

Israel’s parties to hold first talks on justice reforms

President Isaac Herzog has invited ruling parties and the opposition to meet Tuesday after judicial reforms were halted.

Chicago Tribune

Editorial: Unrest sweeps across Israel, and Netanyahu has only himself to blame

Israelis embrace the ideal of democracy with the same fervor that Americans do. It’s why, on Monday, the people of Israel effectively shut down their country’s economy in a defiant, urgent statement against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s dangerous bid to overhaul — and in doing so weaken — the country’s…

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Israel’s political crisis: not over yet

Editorial: Benjamin Netanyahu hasn’t abandoned his attack on the supreme court. His opponents should not give up either

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The Independent UK

Israel’s identity crisis goes far beyond Netanyahu’s plans for the judiciary – clashes will keep happening

The country’s politics are deeply polarised, with little chance of that changing soon, writes Bel Trew

Asharq Al-Awsat

Biden Sidesteps Public Dispute with Netanyahu, Despite US Concerns

Despite tensions between them, President Joe Biden has so far avoided an acrimonious public confrontation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while trying to make clear he opposes a judicial overhaul that has shaken the close US ally. In the last three months, Biden and senior members of his team…

Tribune News Service

Israel’s master contortionist Netanyahu tests political limits

Benjamin Netanyahu’s ability to pull off political escape acts and outmaneuver rivals is a legend in Israel. Even a collection of scandals didn’t block him from winning office.

Reuters

Biden sidesteps public dispute with Netanyahu, despite US concerns

Reuters

Israel's Netanyahu buys time, but is still in a fix

Benjamin Netanyahu has delayed a reckoning over judicial reforms that plunged Israel into turmoil, but he remains caught between hard-right allies whose support he needs to stay on as prime minister and a tidal wave of opposition to their plans.

The Guardian - UK

Israeli crisis continues as ‘fired’ minister apparently refuses to quit

Questions raised over Benjamin Netanyahu’s control over coalition as he makes concessions to far right

Reuters

No invitation has been extended from Biden to Israel's Netanyahu -source

U.S. President Joe Biden has not extended an invitation for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit Washington, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

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