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MK Matan Kahana calls for urgent talks between the coalition and the opposition on the reform of the judicial system. "We are just before falling into the abyss. When it happens, it really won't matter who is to blame. We must talk now - coalition and opposition. It is necessary and possible. We must preserve our common home,"...

Hebrew-language media reported Thursday that Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu has walked back a recent promise he had made not to alter the Law of Return, as part of a coalition agreement with the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism and Shas parties. The proposition to change the law has roiled Israeli politicians, including those within Netanyahu’s Likud party. Prominent Netanyahu ally Yuli Edelstein spoke out against any proposed changes, saying that adjusting the law was a slippery slope that could lead to the policy’s demise. On the other hand, former Religious Services Minister Matan Kahana of the National Unity party, who clashed...