Earlier Saturday evening, Israelis took to the streets for the 36th consecutive week, in nationwide protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right-wing government's attempts to undermine the independence of the judicial system

Four manipulative misrepresentations by Justice Minister Yariv Levin underpin his bid to eviscerate Israel's judiciary

As the Knesset is set to return from its summer recess, the protest leaders are gearing for a spark that will light Israel's public against the government's judicial overhaul

It is evident that the erosion of Israel’s democratic foundation will result in the loss of international funding and hinder the receipt of donations , warns Nobel Prize laureate Ada Yonath

For Israel’s embattled but newly combative liberals, the fight against authoritarianism now takes place not only in the Knesset and the court, but on buses, in city squares and in quiet residential streets