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Netanyahu: ‘There won’t be a civil war’ over judicial reform

JNS — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 05:18:27 +0000

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assured NBC News on Monday that wherever the debate in Israel over his government’s judicial reform effort leads, it won’t be to violence. “There won’t be civil war. I guarantee you that,” the premier told the U.S. network’s foreign correspondent Rafael Sanchez in his office in Jerusalem. However, he continued, […]

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Herzog pitches ‘people’s plan’ to resolve growing societal rift

David Isaac — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 05:02:28 +0000

Israeli President Isaac Herzog presented what he termed the “people’s plan,” referring to a compromise judicial-reform proposal that he developed, in a national address on Wednesday night. He began his speech by painting a bleak picture of Israel’s political situation, in which protests have roiled the country over the government’s current plan, saying that he […]

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