This is the Forward’s coverage of the 2023 judiciary reform effort and resultant crisis in Israel.
Judicial Overhaul
The Latest
-
Fast Forward Over 100 Israeli air force reservists say they will refuse to serve if judicial coup passed
The letter addressed to top military brass says reservists will 'not serve in the army of a country that is not democratic,' and will instead ‘defend the country in the streets,’ in a renewal of boycott threats as judicial overhaul marches on
-
Fast Forward Diaspora minister tells U.S Jewish gathering: Israel protesters ‘worse than BDS’
Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli, following a string of controversial incidents, used his AJC address to deride the Israeli protest movement as analogous to the Biblical spies who 'spoke badly about the Land of Israel'
-
Fast Forward Judicial overhaul talks near blowup after Netanyahu’s coalition postpones crucial vote
'Netanyahu has lost control,' said opposition leader Yair Lapid. 'He's crushing Israeli democracy'
-
Fast Forward Israeli cabinet ministers cancel meetings with U.S. Jewish organizations in the wake of protests
In Boston, a protester who rushed past security while following Nir Barkat through a hotel corridor was questioned by police
-
News Fighting for political survival, Labor chief wants American Jews to help rebuild liberal Zionism
MK Merav Michael called the massive protests against the government’s judicial overhaul plan a ‘huge opportunity’ for the Israeli left
-
Fast Forward Kamala Harris praises ‘independent judiciary’ in speech at Israeli embassy event
Harris’ speech on Tuesday came after a week in which opponents of the judicial overhaul — which would significantly weaken the Israeli Supreme Court — protested Israeli right-wing politicians at a series of events in New York City and elsewhere
-
Fast Forward Jerusalem Post conference is latest Israeli event in New York to be disrupted by protests
Protesters interrupted a speech by Israeli Economy Minister Nir Barkat toward the end of the one-day conference
-
Fast Forward Israel’s judicial strife showcased at Celebrate Israel parade in New York
Israeli cabinet ministers were shouted down by protesters while senior Democratic officials marched with pro-democracy activists
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Opinion A quiet diplomatic shift in the Middle East, with monumental consequences for Israel
- 2
Fast Forward Mississippi fire suspect called the temple a ‘synagogue of Satan’
- 3
News Synagogue arson suspect posted satirical antisemitic cartoon on day of the attack
- 4
Culture He works at a Holocaust museum by day. How’d he end up in ‘Marty Supreme’?
In Case You Missed It
-
Film & TV How the Israeli police’s first trans volunteer fought bigotry on the force
-
Culture The mysterious case of Barbra Streisand and the missing half-pound of Zabar’s sturgeon
-
Fast Forward Nick Fuentes says his problem with Trump ‘is that he is not Hitler’
-
Fast Forward Larry Ellison once renamed a superyacht because its name spelled backwards was ‘I’m a Nazi’
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
