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 President Isaac Herzog warns of a looming, bloody ‘real civil war’
'The abyss is within reach,' Herzog said
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Fast Forward American Jewish leaders ‘dropped everything’ and flew to Israel to thwart controversial judicial plan
The emergency 24-hour visit, led by the Jewish Federations of North America, is unprecedented in recent history
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Opinion A war for others: As Israeli democracy falters, the country walks a fine line in Ukraine
Israel has mastered the art of tiptoeing around Russia’s war in Ukraine
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News For Zionist LGBTQ group, Israel’s right-wing government has created an urgent crisis
A Wider Bridge has doubled its donations to Israeli LGBTQ groups this year, in the face of an Israeli government that includes anti-LGBTQ officials
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News As companies raise alarm about court changes, a question: When is it OK to boycott Israel?
Israel advocacy organizations haven't treated new threats to disinvest as an Israel boycott, prompting claims of hypocrisy
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Fast Forward AIPAC leadership met in Jerusalem by hundreds of Israeli protesters
Demonstrators demanded the influential pro-Israel lobby group take a side in the turmoil now roiling the country
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News Hundreds of Jews and Palestinians decry Israeli minister at parallel Washington protests
Two different protests denounced Bezalel Smotrich at an Israel Bonds conference
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Fast Forward Pro-Israel stalwarts Miriam Adelson and Noa Tishby join chorus condemning judicial reforms as protests enter 10th week
The statements offer a clear sign that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cannot expect prominent allies abroad to back his government’s signature legislation
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Looking Forward My artist grandmother nearly made aliyah. I don’t know what she’d think of Israel today
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Holy Ground A Jewish farmer broke ground on a synagogue in an Illinois cornfield. His neighbors showed up to help.