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Dozens of demonstrators protested in Kfar Uria, west of Jersualem, Saturday morning against National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who spent the weekend in the village. The protesters made noise using megaphones and airhorns near the synagogue where the minister was praying. Residents were angered by the noise during the services and requested that the protesters leave the premises. A confrontation developed at the scene, including throwing firecrackers, stones, and smoke grenades at the protesters. Two protesters were arrested, and a counter-protester was arrested on suspicion he threw stones. In video footage, one of the protesters, Yishai Hadas from the "Crime...

In a brief statement, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party denies reports that have apparently said the government plans to freeze the judicial overhaul legislation... Police say officers have detained a 24-year old man for driving a motorcycle into a group of protesters in the Tel Aviv suburb of Givatayim... Supporter of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party hurl eggs at demonstrators... The Israel Defense Forces says a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip landed in an open field near the southern town of Nahal Oz... Police are using water cannons against demonstrators blocking the Route 65 highway at Karkur...

Police twice clear demonstrators from Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv; after coalition rejects Herzog proposal, Lapid blames government for violence after protesters pepper-sprayed. Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets across Israel as part of a day of "escalating resistance to dictatorship" blocking roads and protesting the government's continued advance of controversial legislation to radically overhaul the judiciary and restrict the powers of the High Court of Justice. Many of the protesters said they were inspired to come out and demonstrate after the government showed no signs of slowing down its legislative efforts and rejected an alternate proposal...

MK Avigdor Liberman, head of the right-wing secularist Yisrael Beytenu party, expresses concern that religion is gaining too much sway in Israel during the joint press conference with other opposition chiefs. "If we do not separate religion and state, we will not have a state", says the longtime critic of the ultra-Orthodox's influence on the state. "Today it is clear that the main engine for all this crazy legislation, the most rigid, the most extreme element that is not ready for any compromise are the Shas and United Torah Judaism parties," Liberman adds, singling out the Knesset's two ultra-Orthodox factions....

PM says judicial reforms proposed under Herzog's compromise plan merely 'perpetuate' the situation which necessitated reforms to begin with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday night rejected President Issac Herzog's proposed judicial reform compromise plan, claiming that the proposal does not solve the issues that necessitated a reform of the judicial system in the first place. "I think that any attempt to reach an agreement and to negotiate is certainly appropriate, and therefore the representatives of the coalition went and talked with the president time and time again, while the representatives of the opposition are still not ready for negotiation,"...

A protest and counter-protest held in Bnai Brak on Tuesday evening turned ugly after one person allegedly pepper spray at a police officer, and police used force in an attempt to disperse haredi protesters from the scene. On Monday, organizers of the anti-government protests against judicial reform announced that they would be demonstration outside the home of MK Moshe Gafni, a member of the United Torah Judaism party (UTJ). "The demonstration will be the opening salvo in a broad process against the involvement of haredi Knesset members in advancing laws to create a coup d'état, and we will first be...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opened his party's faction meeting with an attack on the media. "Media channels are mobilized against the government. Fake news is being spread 24/7." he said. "In the leftist media, soldiers refusing to serve become heroes, protesters blocking ambulances become freedom fighters, and a reform to strengthen democracy is dubbed as 'the end of democracy." According to the media, we're not trying to pass a reform but carry out a coup d'état." "In any reformed democracy, elected officials are responsible for the army, police and law and order. This is enshrined in law in every democracy....

Before the news of events in Israel today comment and analysis. In the small nation of Georgia next to Russia in the last 24 hours protesters have succeeded in thwarting a 76-13 initial parliamentary vote in favor of foreign agents registration legislation. The legislation opposed by the US and US aligned nations in the 'rules based international order' camp. The elected government forced to back down on the legislation called a "Russian bill" by the forces of world order. The bill opposed by the Georgian president who would have had to sign the legislation if it had gotten to final...

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant Thursday afternoon. During their meeting Secretary Austin delivered a message from the Biden Administration on controversy surrounding the issue of judicial reform in Israel... He also noted that US President Joe Biden expects compromises between the coalition on the judicial reform issue....

Republican Senator Tom Cotton claims that the Biden administration is funding Israel's Movement for Quality Government that is "trying to bring down Netanyahu"

Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi (Likud) issued a strongly-worded rebuke to the IDF reservists who are threatening not to report for duty in protest against the government's planned judicial reforms. "And Mordechai would not kneel nor bow down," Karhi wrote in a Twitter post to mark the start of the Purim holiday quoting the Book of Esther. "There are times when one must stand firm against the hegemony." "To those refusing to serve, we say to them what Mordechai told Esther: 'Profit and salvation will arise for the Jews from another place, and your father's house will be destroyed,' he wrote....

Over 90 percent of elite 69th "Hammers" Squadron announce they will protest judicial reforms rather than return to base for scheduled training 37 out of 40 reserve pilots from Israel Air Force's 69th fighter squadron announced they will not show up for their scheduled combat training this Wednesday in protest against the government's planned judicial reforms. The 69th Squadron, which is called the "Hammers" Squadron, is one of Israel's most elite fighter squadrons. Its pilots fly the advanced F-15I Thunderbird aircraft and have participated in Israel's 'war between the wars' campaign to prevent Iranian military entrenchment in Syria...

"The anarchical activists led by Lapid continue to cross red lines. Right now they are harassing and threatening my wife in Tel Aviv..." Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu On One Protest That Targeted His Wife Inside A Hair Salon In Tel Aviv This Evening It took hundreds of Israeli police to extricate Sara Netanyahu... Following today's events Mr. Netanyahu tonight with a statement that said in part: "The freedom of demonstration is not a license to plunge the country into anarchy, because a sovereign country cannot tolerate anarchy... It's a slow walk for the legislation that will make Israel's judicial system...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement this evening (Wednesday) in response to the protests that took place during the day against the government's planned judicial reforms and the clashes with the police in Tel Aviv. "The freedom of demonstration is not a license to plunge the country into anarchy, because a sovereign country cannot tolerate anarchy. I know that there are citizens who love the country who passionately support the reform and there are others who love the country who passionately oppose the reform. In a democracy there are clear rules on how to conduct debate and there are...

The struggle against the legal reform is escalating... The police announced that they would act with zero tolerance for disturbances of public order and damage to property and symbols of government... Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: "We will not accept violence against police officers, roadblocks and blatant violations of the laws of the country...

In impassioned speech, Avichai Mandelblit says it would be court's "duty" to annul legislation, which would otherwise "abolish" Israel's liberal democracy. Former Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit described the government's judicial overhaul program on Tuesday as "a regime coup" and insisted that if the proposed legislation is approved by the Knesset, the attorney general and High Court of Justice would have "a duty" to strike it down. Mandleblit's explosive comments, which if heeded by the High Court would lead to a full-blown constitutional crisis between the government and the judiciary, come as the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee is set...

Noam party chairman MK Avi Maoz resigned Monday from his position as deputy minister in the Prime Minister's Office in protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's failure to implement parts of the coalition agreements. Maoz wrote to Netanyahu in his resignation letter: "With G-d's help, as a partner in the coalition, I will continue to support all the moves we agreed on together, including the all-important legislation to restore the balance between the legislative and judicial branches and more." "Throughout the generations, the people of Israel knew how to protect what is dearest to them," he wrote. "With the establishment...

Joint communique says Jerusalem won't discuss new West Bank units for 4 months, authorize outposts for 6 months but PM, Hanegbi insist 'there is no change in Israeli policy' Israel committed to halting new settlement projects Sunday during a summit in Aqaba, according to a joint communique issued after the meeting, though Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu swiftly denied there would be any construction freeze over the Green Line... Preempting Netanyahu's rush to deny a settlement freeze, far-right members of the his governing coalition rejected the outcome of the summit. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who is a minister in the Defense...

Israel will prepare for possible action against Iran’s nuclear facilities after a series of secret meetings between the prime minister and leaders from the defense and intelligence ministries, according to a leaked report. "Israel will not allow Iran to become nuclear," Brigadier-General (Reserves) Amir Avivi, founder and chairman of the Israeli Defense Security Forum, told Fox News Digital. "As we are witnessing the continued unhindered progress of the Iranian military nuclear program with weapons-grade enrichment, Israel is readying its credible military option." Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held five meetings with his defense and intelligence chiefs, as well as the...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today (Thursday) welcomed the authorization for Israeli planes to fly over Oman. "The Far East is not so far away and the skies are no longer the limit. This is a day of great news for Israeli aviation. Israel has, in effect, become the main transit point between Asia and Europe," Netanyahu said. "We have worked to open the airspace, first over Saudi Arabia, and from 2018 when I visited Oman, to add Oman as well so that we can fly directly to India and on to Australia. This was achieved today, after considerable effort, including...