Advertisement

       SKIP ADVERTISEMENT

       Newsletter

       Morning Briefing: Asia Pacific Edition

       Tuesday Briefing: Israel’s Top Court Rejects Move to Limit It

       Plus New Year’s offerings to the sea in Brazil.

       Share full article

       Read in app

       By Justin Porter

       Jan. 1, 2024, 3:41 p.m. ET

       You’re reading the Morning Briefing: Asia Pacific Edition newsletter. Get what you need to know to start your day. Get it sent to your inbox.

       Image

       A demonstration against a proposed judicial overhaul in Tel Aviv in September. Credit...Ilan Rosenberg/Reuters

       Israel’s Supreme Court rejects a move to limit its power Israel’s Supreme Court narrowly struck down a law proposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that was meant to limit the court’s own powers. The momentous ruling, which was decided by a majority of eight judges to seven, could ignite a constitutional crisis.

       Here’s the latest.

       Members of Netanyahu’s Likud Party said the Supreme Court’s decision was “in opposition to the nation’s desire for unity, especially in a time of war.” They slammed the court for ruling on the issue while Israeli soldiers were “fighting and endangering themselves in battle.”

       Subscribe to The Times to read as many articles as you like.

       Justin Porter is an editor on the Briefings newsletter team at The Times. More about Justin Porter

       Share full article

       Read in app

       Advertisement

       SKIP ADVERTISEMENT