Israel-Hamas war|Political situation in Israel
Only 15 percent want Netanyahu to remain in office
Only 15 percent of voters in Israel want Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to remain in office after the war in Gaza ends, according to a survey by the Israel Democracy Institute, reports Reuters.
However, according to the same survey, 56 percent support the current military strategy.
Benny Gantz, Netanyahu's main political rival and member of the war cabinet, gets 23 percent support. 30 percent state that they have no candidate they want to see take over the country.
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Analysis: Here is the woman who saved Israel's democracy
Monday's decision in the Supreme Court was the death blow to the right-wing Israeli government's attempt to reform the judiciary. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not dare to try again, writes Anshel Pfeffer in an analysis in Haaretz.
The decision concerned the first law in the reform package, which stopped judges from overturning government decisions they consider "not reasonable". Two retiring judges handed down the decision after siding with the majority in the vote, which ended 8–7.
One of them was the chair Esther Hayut. It was her last stint as a judge in the Supreme Court.
"She will go down in history as the woman who saved Israel's fragile and flawed democracy," writes Pfeffer.
The Jerusalem Post's Herb Keinon is critical of the timing. Due to a rule regarding retiring judges, the ruling had to come by January 12 at the latest.
The issue has been strongly polarizing and exposed deep political contradictions in Israel. Keinon writes that it is unfortunate that it is once again given a lot of leeway and that it is "the last thing the country needs right now".
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The Israel-Hamas war|The reactions
Mass arrests of alleged Israeli spies in Turkey
Turkish police have arrested 33 people suspected of spying for the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad, according to several news agencies.
The suspected spies were arrested during a nationwide raid carried out by the Turkish intelligence service MIT. It is unclear whether those arrested are Israeli or Turkish nationals.
The relationship between the countries has reached freezing point in recent months. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been one of Israel's harshest critics during the country's war on the Gaza Strip.
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Israel: The judgment of history against South Africa will be hard
Israel plans to respond to genocide charges at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, government spokesperson Eylon Levy said, according to Reuters.
Last week, South Africa took Israel to court, accusing it of genocide in the Gaza Strip. Something that Levy dismisses as "absurd".
- We assure South Africa's leaders that history will judge them, and that the judgment will be harsh.
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