IS ISRAEL'S SUPREME COURT GOING TO TEAR THE COUNTRY APART?

The world of Israeli jurisprudence is so surreal, you have to pinch yourself to believe what you see. This week the court first struck down a constitutional amendment, then declared judicial authority to remove a sitting prime minister. Michael Doran and Gadi Taub explain what the judges are up to, and what the consequences may be. Because apart from judicial theory, these decisions have political implications for the war: they threaten to throw Israel back into the controversies about judicial reform that tore the country apart before October 7.
Meanwhile the war may be widening in the north, after the assassination of Hamas's West Bank chief, Saleh al-Arouri. The hit was carried out in Beirut and is widely attributed to Israel. And if so, says Mike, this is a message not just to Hamas and Hezbollah, but also to the US which is trying to retrain Israel on the northern front.
And then there are also Mike's and Gadi's picks for the dumbest take on the news.
And for those who want to go back in time to the introduction of the failed legal reform, here's Mister Yariv Levin laying out the plan before it was aborted:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGwLCjAzIIg