This is the Forward’s coverage of the 2023 judiciary reform effort and resultant crisis in Israel.
Judicial Overhaul
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Fast Forward Israeli government increases politicians’ role in selecting judges, passing key piece of judicial overhaul
The bill increases politicians’ influence over judicial appointments
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Opinion Two would-be authoritarians, alike in attacking democracy: The Trump-Netanyahu alliance grows ever more toxic
As Netanyahu moves to fire the Shin Bet chief, Israel faces a moment of democratic reckoning that will be eerily familiar to Americans
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Fast Forward Israel’s judicial overhaul is back. So are the protests.
This time, a more limited proposal might pass
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Opinion My family member is a hostage in Gaza. With Netanyahu in charge, I’m afraid he’ll never make it home
The weekly solidarity rallies for hostage families are now merging with the anti-government protests
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Opinion Israel’s future depends on a Haredi draft. Can it survive implementing one?
As Haredim become an ever-larger part of Israel's population, the IDF won't be able to function without them
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Fast Forward Israeli High Court brings Haredi draft exemption to a legal end — with unclear consequences
The practical implications of the decision remain up in the air
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News Haredi ‘lost boys’ may find themselves drafted into Israel’s army
Netanyahu's government is in jeopardy over the military exemption for yeshiva students
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News ‘The war is the last straw’: Secular Israelis fed up with politics and prices think about leaving
After years of stigma, one says, 'there’s no shame' in emigration anymore
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Antisemitism Decoded How an ‘all-American boy’ became a Mississippi synagogue arson suspect
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News The ADL’s turn away from civil rights was years in the making — Oct. 7 accelerated it
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Culture The mysterious case of Barbra Streisand and the missing half-pound of Zabar’s sturgeon
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Culture He works at a Holocaust museum by day. How’d he end up in ‘Marty Supreme’?
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