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 Liberal Jewish scholars, leaders urge increased focus on Palestinians in protests of Israeli judicial overhaul
The two new statements reflect a growing perception on the left that American Jews and pro-Israel Democrats are becoming less hesitant to criticize Israel
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News Benjamin Netanyahu is on vacation — these protesters followed him there
Heavy police forces met protesters at Neve Ativ, a moshav in Israel's northern mountains where the prime minister is vacationing
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News Small-town Israelis strive to make themselves heard, protesting anywhere anyone will see them
In Israel's remote north, dozens of protesters gathered around a highway junction
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Fast Forward Alex Soros among 160 Jewish leaders urging Biden to ‘send clear message’ to Netanyahu
Also among the signatories on the letter are Hollywood and Broadway actors Mandy Patinkin and Joshua Malina
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News Conservative Israeli think tank uses fake accounts to skew Wikipedia
Kohelet Policy Forum worker secretly operated five 'sock puppet' accounts, skewing debates and articles about Israel’s judicial overhaul and other contentious issues
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News Trumpets, drums and shouts of ‘Shame, shame’ — scenes from the raucous protests on the streets of Israel
In Jerusalem, demonstrators calmly — and loudly — gathered to continue protesting the country's judicial overhaul
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Fast Forward Wall Street billionaire ends funding for think tank behind Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul plan
Arthur Dantchik cited danger to future of Israel democracy in announcing that he was cutting off funding for Kohelet Policy Forum
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Opinion My way or my way: Netanyahu’s PR strategy gamble
In the public relations war over Israel’s judicial overhaul, Bibi sticks with selling himself
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News Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s selection as JTS commencement speaker roils graduating class
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Culture An Israeli genocide scholar looks to Israel’s history to understand ‘what went wrong’
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News Protesters picket Manhattan synagogue over Israel real estate sale, testing Mamdani and new law
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Opinion I’m an Orthodox student in NYC. I’m grateful Mamdani vetoed the school buffer bill
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Film & TV Is this Apple TV thriller hasbara — or societal critique?
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Fast Forward Israeli man indicted in attack on Catholic nun in Jerusalem’s Old City
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Fast Forward Jewish real estate magnate Steven Roth likens Mamdani’s ‘tax the rich’ rhetoric to ‘from the river to the sea’