A Knesset session meant to mark the parliament building’s 60th birthday descended into a political confrontation Monday, as Opposition Leader Yair Lapid excoriated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for excluding Supreme Court President Isaac Amit, a decision the premier declined to explain. The clash underscored the deepening rift between the government and the judiciary, with Netanyahu warning that democracy cannot survive if one branch of government dominates the others — a claim the opposition and legal critics insist rings hollow as the coalition advances measures they say are weakening the courts and subordinating them to the prime minister’s control. Knesset Speaker...
Monitoring Antisemitism Intel
