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Netanyahu: ‘I’m delaying judicial reform to give real dialogue a chance’

– Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Monday in a national address that he was putting a hold to the government’s judicial reform efforts in order to “provide a real opportunity for real dialogue.”

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White House expresses ‘deep concern’ after Netanyahu fires his defense minister

By RON KAMPEAS

WASHINGTON (JTA) — The White House expressed “deep concern” as Israel’s protests reached a fevered pitch after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired his defense minister for calling for a pause on far-reaching reforms to the judiciary.

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Montreal’s oldest synagogue building vandalized with swastikas

By DAVID LAZARUS

MONTREAL (JTA) — Vandals defaced Quebec province’s oldest synagogue building with Nazi swastikas over the weekend, prompting a Canadian Jewish watchdog to call on Montreal mayor Valérie Plante to do more to fight antisemitism.

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OP-ED: Why did the Biden administration oppose Israeli judicial reform?

By JONATHAN S. TOBIN

  –It didn’t play a decisive role in the drama that unfolded in Israel as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was forced to call a halt to his efforts to enact judicial reform. But the Biden...

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