After defending Twitter CEO Elon Musk for his attacks on Jewish philanthropist George Soros which critics deemed antisemitic, Israel's Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli doubled down, endorsing a debunked conspiracy theory about Soros' alleged ties to Iran

'It’s simply bizarre that someone known to the police as a right-wing extremist is now involved in interviews and deciding who will be a commander and who not,' remarked a senior Israeli police official

After more than four months of protest, and with a compromise over the proposed changes to Israel's judicial system reportedly close, jurists warn that that fundamental rights are still under threat