Tag: Levin, Yariv (1969- )

Israel’s Supreme Court Strikes Down Judiciary Law

Israel’s Supreme Court on Monday struck down a law limiting its own powers, a momentous step in the legal and political crisis that gripped the country before the war with Hamas, and pitted the court against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government. The court’s 8-7 ruling has the potential to throw Israel’s national emergency government, […]

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How Benjamin Netanyahu Pushed Israel Into Chaos

He met Sara Ben-Artzi in 1988 on a layover at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport. She was 30 and a flight attendant; he was 39 and Israel’s deputy foreign minister. They went out on several dates, but according to Ben Caspit’s “The Netanyahu Years,” there was no great chemistry. Soon after that, he told friends that they […]

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