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Fast Forward Netanyahu fires defense minister who called for halt to judicial overhaul
In a meeting on Sunday night, Netanyahu summoned Gallant and told him he no longer has faith in him as defense minister due to his call to freeze the government's judicial coup legislation
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Fast Forward Netanyahu’s defense minister publicly calls on him to halt judicial overhaul legislation
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant is the highest-ranking lawmaker in Netanyahu's government to openly call to halt the judicial coup legislation
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Opinion They led the daring Entebbe hostage rescue. Now they’re fighting Israel’s judicial overhaul
For years the elite team has stayed out of the spotlight, but the threat to Israeli democracy is too great to stay silent
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Opinion Admit it, American Jewish establishment: Peter Beinart was right
A fierce Israel critic’s predictions ring true
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Israel News ‘A very, very dangerous situation’: An Israeli journalist’s key takeaways from recent protests
Amir Tibon of Haaretz explains Netanyahu's judicial reform and recent protests
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Opinion Are Israeli generals more left-wing than their own government?
For those who think military leaders are inherently conservative, Israel’s security establishment presents a puzzle
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News ‘The gun is on the table’: Both sides of Israel’s debate say that a constitutional crisis is coming
Israelis are facing the prospect of a dramatic breakdown in their 75-year-old democracy
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News ‘Not a time to be silent’: Reform Israeli rabbi and lawmaker urges American Jews to take a stand on Israel’s constitutional crisis
Gilad Kariv warns that Israel’s right-wing government has more plans to curtail democracy and religious pluralism
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