This is the Forward’s coverage of the 2023 judiciary reform effort and resultant crisis in Israel.
Judicial Overhaul
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Opinion I fought for Israel as a lone soldier. Now I fight for it as a protestor
The same Zionist values inspired me to move to Israel, and to resist Netanyahu's immoral judicial overhaul
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Opinion Can the Israeli economy survive the judicial overhaul?
While only one of Netanyahu's proposed reforms has passed, the Israeli economy is already in crisis
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Opinion With the judicial overhaul, Netanyahu has broken something deeper than Israel’s democracy
The prime minister sacrificed social cohesion for personal ambition
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Fast Forward Opponents of Israel’s judicial overhaul see parallels in Tisha B’Av, this week’s Jewish day of mourning
As Tisha B’Av approaches, some protesters of the recent law weakening the judiciary fear that it could lead to another catastrophe
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Fast Forward Israel’s Supreme Court will hear challenge to law limiting its power, potentially teeing up constitutional crisis
The court said it would not freeze the law while it waits to hear arguments against it
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Opinion The unrest in Israel is not over the judicial overhaul — it’s an identity crisis
Is Israel 'democratic' first and 'Jewish' second? Or vice versa?
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Opinion Israel needs the US now more than ever
The impulse Americans may feel to distance themselves from Israel in its moment of truth is a big mistake
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Fast Forward Comedian Alex Edelman is ‘very dismayed’ by Israel’s vote to cut judicial power
There ‘is a minority bloc subverting the will of the people,’ he says after Broadway performance
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