If the 'bloc of change' seeks to dismantle the judicial overhaul, it cannot then hold on to the assumption on which that overhaul was based – that the Jewish majority is the country's sole owner

Former senior security and law enforcement officials said that demands by Shin Bet chief David Zini to investigate Arab party leaders without substantiated evidence threaten Israel's democratic system

Israeli opposition leaders cited the country's political turmoil and waning standing in Washington as reasons to oust Netanyahu, while right-wing politicians largely remained silent