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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) with Justice Minister Yariv Levin at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 7, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
PM said ready to ‘go all the way’ with reasonableness bill to limit judicial review
By ToI Staff
Netanyahu expected to wait until legislation goes for 1st Knesset reading to gauge public reaction before deciding if other elements of overhaul will be advanced in current session
Israelis attend a protest against military service exemptions for ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students and the government's planned judicial overhaul, outside the Kol Torah yeshiva in Jerusalem, May 4, 2023. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
Cabinet shields Haredi youth from military draft, 5 days before exemption law expiry
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal meet with Arab women who have lost loved ones to violent crime, the President's Residence in Jerusalem, June 25, 2023 (Haim Zach/GPO)
‘A terrible war’: Herzog meets with Arab women who lost loved ones to violent crime
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: An ambulance is seen at the scene of a deadly crash in Beit Shemesh where a pedestrian was killed after a truck hit him, September 4, 2022. (Magen David Adom)
Young man killed as car collides with truck near West Bank settlement
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) with Justice Minister Yariv Levin at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 7, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
June 26, 2023, 8:12 am
PM said ready to ‘go all the way’ with reasonableness bill to limit judicial review
Netanyahu expected to wait until legislation goes for 1st Knesset reading to gauge public reaction before deciding if other elements of overhaul will be advanced in current session
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: An ambulance is seen at the scene of a deadly crash in Beit Shemesh where a pedestrian was killed after a truck hit him, September 4, 2022. (Magen David Adom)
June 26, 2023, 6:15 am
Young man killed as car collides with truck near West Bank settlement
Victim, in his twenties, declared dead at the scene by medics
By ToI Staff
President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal meet with Arab women who have lost loved ones to violent crime, the President's Residence in Jerusalem, June 25, 2023 (Haim Zach/GPO)
June 26, 2023, 3:17 am
‘A terrible war’: Herzog meets with Arab women who lost loved ones to violent crime
A mother whose daughter was gunned down before her eyes, a woman who has had seven relatives slain are among participants at emotional meeting
By ToI Staff
Judges take their seats at the Jerusalem District Court judges to listen to the testimony of businessman Arnon Milchan in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial on June 25, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/POOL)
June 25, 2023, 11:55 pm
After leak, prosecutors request all talks with Netanyahu’s judges be on record
Move comes amid a push to fast-track the trial, following reports that the bench considers a conviction unlikely on the most serious count in one of the three corruption cases
By ToI Staff
Israeli film producer Arnon Milchan makes his way to the conference hall in the Old Ship Hotel in Brighton, UK, to testify via video in the trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, June 25, 2023 (Channel 13 screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 25, 2023, 10:09 pm
In testimony, Milchan confirms conveyor belt of cigars, champagne to Netanyahus
Hollywood mogul describes how PM and wife routinely requested lavish gifts; says PM assured him the AG had specified there was ‘no limit, apart from a house’ to gifts from friends
By Jeremy Sharon
Miri Regev and Moshe Ben Zaken, right, at the Likud party headquarters on March 2, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 25, 2023, 9:37 pm
After initial rejection, Regev gets OK for ex-Likud operative to be ministry chief
Transportation minister faced legal pushback to candidacy of Moshe Ben Zaken as ministry’s director-general, appointing him acting deputy instead for past 6 months
By ToI Staff
Israel Police chief Kobi Shabtai speaks during a State Control Committee meeting at the Knesset, June 6, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
June 25, 2023, 8:56 pm
Police chief says he won’t seek 4th year in office ‘under these conditions’
Kobi Shabtai, who has had a series of public disagreements with National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, says he is not looking to extend his time in position
By ToI Staff
Israelis attend a protest against military service exemptions for ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students and the government's planned judicial overhaul, outside the Kol Torah yeshiva in Jerusalem, May 4, 2023. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
June 25, 2023, 8:38 pm
Cabinet shields Haredi youth from military draft, 5 days before exemption law expiry
Defense minister will order the military not to enforce conscription of religious scholars until March 31, 2024, by which time the government plans to have passed a new law
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Israel Police examine kits suspected of containing liquid cocaine that UN employees allegedly tried to smuggle into Israel from Jordan on June 25, 2023. (Israel Police)
June 25, 2023, 8:03 pm
Police detain 3 UN employees for smuggling liquid cocaine into Israel from Jordan
Customs officers at border crossing catch workers who allegedly hid drug inside kits for preparing perfume
By ToI Staff
Likud MK Hanoch Milwidsky speaks during a Knesset Finance Committee hearing, February 22, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 25, 2023, 7:34 pm
Government backs bill to siphon off most of Israel Bar Association’s powers
Licensing, bar exams and sanctioning lawyers are among powers to be transferred to a new Lawyers Council; current text would also strip IBA of seats on judge-selecting panel
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Pop icon Christina Aguilera sends a recorded message to Israeli fans ahead of her August 10, 2023, show in Rishon Lezion's Live Park (Courtesy PR)
June 25, 2023, 5:14 pm
Christina Aguilera promises ‘unforgettable night’ for 1st Israel show
Pop icon says she’s ‘excited’ to see fans during inaugural performance on August 10 in Rishon Lezion Live Park
By Jessica Steinberg
MK Simcha Rothman leads a Knesset Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee discussion, June 25, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 25, 2023, 4:50 pm
Knesset restarts judicial overhaul with bill to broadly outlaw ‘reasonableness’ test
Rothman says nixing court review of decisions by elected officials is ‘democratic;’ legal adviser warns bill is ‘too broad’ and opposition says it’s a pathway to ‘corruption’
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
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The Arab town of Nahf in northern Israel, between the Lower and Upper Galilee, on January 11, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash 90)
June 25, 2023, 1:41 pm
Two men shot dead in Arab town Nahf amid feud between criminals
Fatalities, 71 and 61, arrive at local clinic in critical condition after being shot while sitting in a car
By ToI Staff
Young opera singer students performing in the 2022 summer opera program in Tel Aviv (Courtesy Noy Dekel)
June 25, 2023, 1:24 pm
In Tel Aviv, indoor and outdoor arias from singers in training
City’s Conservatory of Music hosts three weeks of free and ticketed performances
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