Published: 19 October 2017
Last updated: 4 March 2024
The right-wing assault on Israeli democracy (Haaretz)
CHEMI SHALEV A plan to outlaw Breaking the Silence is part of a campaign that aims to erase the liberal democracy that Israel once aspired to be
Knesset legal adviser strikes down cabinet plan to probe rights groups’ funding (Times of Israel)
Eyal Yinon says move 'politically motivated' and therefore cannot be tackled by parliamentary inquiry committee
The Netanyahu government went off the rails this weekend (972)
In under 24 hours, Netanyahu and his cronies attacked left-wing NGOs, tried to shut down Israel’s public broadcaster, and started advancing a law that would give the prime minister immunity for corruption charges
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Netanyahu’s strategy of chaos (Al-Monitor)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mistakenly thought that by appointing his associates to key positions in the police and the judicial system, he could protect himself from investigations
Photo: Breaking the Silence protest against the occupation in Tel Aviv, 2016 (Haaretz)