The Knesset will hold the final votes on key legislation in the Netanyahu government's judicial overhaul at noon. Pro-democracy Israelis block entrances to Knesset in Jerusalem in protest of the bill to significantly weaken the Israeli High Court's ability to enact judicial review

Three men will decide if a compromise is reached in Jerusalem today. Benjamin Netanyahu, the man who dragged Israel into the most fateful internal crisis in its history, is not one of them

Prof. Kim Lane Scheppele's 'Autocratic Legalism' – which explains how modern-day tyrannies gradually weaken the gatekeepers – will buoy the battle for Israel's democracy

Netanyahu skips meeting despite concerns about the IDF's operational preparedness if Israel continues with the judicial overhaul, has over 10,000 reservists refuse to report for duty if legislation passes

Hours after the government approved the first step in its efforts to weaken the judiciary, at least three petitions asking the Supreme Court to nullify it were filed. Will the top court override the ‘reasonableness bill’? Experts are divided

The Israeli public was deliberately misled about Netanyahu's medical condition not only by him and his staff, but by the hospital too, obscuring the truth about his heart

The challenges facing Israel today are not for the faint of heart. As protests continue, reservist refusals grow and tensions mount on the Lebanese border. With a new pacemaker, PM Benjamin Netanyahu is facing an intensity he potentially did not expect