Israel's coalition government > Avi Ohayon / Government Press Office (Israel), CC BY SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Israel’s “unity government” strengthened its shaky grip in power on Sunday after a tumultuous week for the ruling coalition. However, storm clouds remain on the horizon for the ideologically eclectic government – which ranges from right-wing nationalists to left-wing…

Mansour Abbas > Mark Neyman / Government Press Office (Israel), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Ra’am party, which supports Israel’s coalition government led by Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid, has announced the reaching of a new agreement with the government regarding unrecognised communities in the southern Negev region of Israel that would allow for…

The Supreme Court > Adiel lo, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Judge Khaled Kabub was sworn in this week as the first Muslim member of Israel's Supreme Court. Kabub was one of a tranche of 81 judicial nominees appointed to various courts who formally took up their positions after a special ceremony on Monday at the…

Naftali Bennett > Avi Ohayon / Government Press Office (Israel), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Israel’s opposition, led by former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has pledged to bring down the country’s “unity government” as the Knesset returned for its summer session this week. The eight-party governing coalition – which includes left and right-wing parties, as well…