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Katharina von Schnurbein speaks at a European Jewish Congress event in Vienna, in this undated photo. (Courtesy)

Interview

How the EU antisemitism warrior became a defender of kosher slaughter, circumcision

By Canaan Lidor

The bloc’s point person for fighting Jew-hatred, Katharina von Schnurbein, is an influential advocate for Jewish customs many consider controversial in Europe

Katharina von Schnurbein speaks at a European Jewish Congress event in Vienna, in this undated photo. (Courtesy)

Interview

How the EU antisemitism warrior became a defender of kosher slaughter, circumcision

By Canaan Lidor

The bloc’s point person for fighting Jew-hatred, Katharina von Schnurbein, is an influential advocate for Jewish customs many consider controversial in Europe

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

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

MK Simcha Rothman leads a Knesset Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee discussion, June 25, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Knesset restarts judicial overhaul with bill to broadly outlaw ‘reasonableness’ test

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Likud MK Hanoch Milwidsky speaks during a Knesset Finance Committee hearing, February 22, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Government backs bill to siphon off most of Israel Bar Association’s powers

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

(L) MK Simcha Rotman at the Knesset on June 20, 2023 (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90) () Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset on May 15, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) and (R) Justice Minister Yariv Levin at a cabinet in Jerusalem on May 28, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Knesset committee to advance ‘reasonableness’ bill, limiting judicial review

File: A Cyprus police van carrying an Azeri national suspected of taking part in an alleged plot to attack Israelis on the Mediterranean island is pictured outside the criminal court in the capital Nicosia, on December 6, 2021. (Iakovos Hatzistavrou / AFP)

After Cyprus plot, Israel vows to thwart Iran terror ‘wherever it raises its head’

PM’s office says Israel operates widely and ‘in every place to protect Jews and Israelis,’ after Nicosia foils alleged Iranian-planned terror op in island nation

Illustrative -- A motorcyclist police officer escorts and guards a police van, Nicosia, Cyprus, June 24, 2019 (Petros Karadjias/AP)

Cyprus thwarts Iranian attack targeting Jews and Israelis — reports

An aerial photo of Hezbollah tents in Israeli territory, June 2023. (Courtesy)

Prodded by Jerusalem, UN confirms Hezbollah has set up outpost in Israeli territory

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