Gun-toting, prayer-reciting protesters throng Jerusalem to back judicial overhaul

Gun-toting, prayer-reciting protesters throng Jerusalem to back judicial overhaul

[ad_1] About 100,000 Israelis in favour of the government’s divisive judicial overhaul have taken part in a demonstration outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, in the biggest rightwing protest in the country in nearly two decades. Protesters from all over Israel, as well as settlers who travelled in buses from the occupied West Bank, chanted “the … Read more

Congress cools on post-SVB banking overhaul

Congress cools on post-SVB banking overhaul

[ad_1] It’s a void that’s left lawmakers all over the place, with at least one key leader — House Financial Services Chair Patrick McHenry — signaling that he’s wary about making changes to the cap. “We’ve gone from the overreaction to a period of time where we’re thinking it through,” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said … Read more

MEPs approve plans for long-awaited overhaul to EU asylum system

MEPs approve plans for long-awaited overhaul to EU asylum system

[ad_1] The European parliament has approved a series of proposals to overhaul the EU asylum system in a bid to end a years-long deadlock over the issue. Voting in Strasbourg, MEPs approved plans on the distribution of refugees and migrants across the bloc, screening of people at the EU’s external borders and giving non-EU nationals … Read more

Kevin McCarthy issued a statement in support of Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amid chaos in the country over a proposed judicial overhaul. 

Kevin McCarthy issued a statement in support of Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amid chaos in the country over a proposed judicial overhaul. 

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Israeli Prez urges immediate dialogue between PM, oppn over contentious judicial overhaul

Israeli Prez urges immediate dialogue between PM, oppn over contentious judicial overhaul

[ad_1] Jerusalem: Israeli President Isaac Herzog has urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leaders to immediately engage in a dialogue, a day after the government suspended a contentious plan to overhaul the judiciary. Herzog’s office said in a statement on Tuesday that the first meeting with teams of representatives from the ruling coalition, Yair … Read more

Israel Prez Isaac Herzog urges PM Netanyahu to halt judicial overhaul

Israel Prez Isaac Herzog urges PM Netanyahu to halt judicial overhaul

[ad_1] Jerusalem: Israel’s President Icon Monday appealed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to immediately halt his controversial judicial overhaul, warning that the move has put the country’s security, economy and society under threat. Herzog’s remarks came after Prime Minister Netanyahu sacked Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for opposing his judicial reforms, sparking widespread street protests. The … Read more

Israeli Defense minister calls for halt to judicial overhaul

Israeli Defense minister calls for halt to judicial overhaul

[ad_1] The government’s plan to increase its control over the judiciary has sparked the largest protest movement in Israeli history and triggered a grave national crisis, including even warnings from the president of civil war. On Saturday, tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets as they have every week since the start of … Read more

Israeli protest against planned judicial overhaul for 11th week

Israeli protest against planned judicial overhaul for 11th week

[ad_1] Tel Aviv: Thousands of Israeli protesters participated in nationwide demonstrations that continued for the 11th straight week against the government’s plans to shackle the judiciary, Times of Israel reported. The protesters vowed to escalate the demonstrations if the coalition doesn’t halt its legislative proposals, which lawmakers are due to advance next week, declaring this … Read more

Hyderabad: OU students demand overhaul of TSPSC, Rs 1 lakh compensation

Hyderabad: OU students demand overhaul of TSPSC, Rs 1 lakh compensation

[ad_1] Hyderabad: Tensions broke out near the main library building of Osmania University (OU) as hundreds of students protested demanding the overhaul of the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) over the paper leakage row. The rally was conducted from the library building to the Arts college. Various student parties and unemployed youth demanded an … Read more

Scholz voices concern on Israel overhaul as Netanyahu visits

Scholz voices concern on Israel overhaul as Netanyahu visits

[ad_1] Berlin: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz voiced concern about the Israeli government’s planned overhaul of the country’s judicial system as he hosted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, offering praise for efforts by Israel’s president to seek a “broad basic consensus.” Netanyahu met with German leaders in Berlin the day after Israeli President Isaac Herzog … Read more