Carrie Keller-Lynn

Carrie Keller-Lynn is a political and legal correspondent for The Times of Israel

Police scuffle with protesters during a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government to overhaul the judicial system, in Tel Aviv, March 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

March 9, 2023, 5:06 pm

Protesters block Ayalon Highway for 2 hours, clash with cops, disrupt airport

22 arrested, some violently, amid marches, workplace strikes, blocking of main thoroughfares, disruptions of train services and rallies outside homes of government officials

By ToI Staff, Carrie Keller-Lynn and Emanuel Fabian

President Isaac Herzog at a conference of the 'Besheva' group in Jerusalem, on February 21, 2023.(Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

March 6, 2023, 3:20 pm

Herzog says Israel ‘closer than ever’ to compromise agreement on judicial overhaul

President says current reform ‘endangers’ democracy, but closed-door meetings have made progress; doesn’t urge halt to legislation, but opposition responds that this is a must

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset plenum, March 1, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

March 6, 2023, 1:35 pm

Bill allowing lawmakers to accept gifts to pay legal fees advances on Knesset floor

Law widely seen as way for Netanyahu to raise new funds for defense in graft case after court orders him to return $270,000 gift; AG cautions amendment opens door for ‘corruption’

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Palestinians and Arab Israelis protest against the 2003 Citizenship and Entry Law into Israel, on Tuesday, June 29, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

March 6, 2023, 10:34 am

Knesset extends law banning Palestinian family unification for another year

So-called Citizenship Law, passed in 2003 at height of the Second Intifada, introduced as a temporary security measure but since renewed annually

By ToI Staff and Carrie Keller-Lynn

UTJ leader MK Moshe Gafni at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on January 2, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

March 6, 2023, 1:50 am

Ahead of Passover, coalition advances bill that lets hospitals ban hametz

Legislation gives flexibility to hospital administrators to set kosher-for-Passover rules; 2020 High Court order blocked hospital guards from checking visitors’ bags for hametz

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Justice Minister Yariv Levin attends the Knesset debate on the coalition's first judicial reform bill, February 20, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

March 5, 2023, 11:06 pm

Coalition delays appointments to judicial selection panel, amid bid to control it

As it seeks to take over process of nominating judges, government changes Knesset bylaws, extending deadline to form Judicial Selection Committee to June 15

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

(L) Gali Baharav-Miara on February 8, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) and (R) Benjamin Netanyahu, November 2, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

March 5, 2023, 2:26 pm

Defying AG, ministers advance bill that would let Netanyahu keep financial gift

High Court has ruled PM must return $270,000 he received from his cousin to cover legal fees; Baharav-Miara warns bill could ‘open door to real governmental corruption’

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, second from left, with Justice Minister Yariv Levin, center, and MK Simcha Rothman, right, during a vote in the Knesset, February 15, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

March 4, 2023, 2:33 pm

Israel’s judicial overhaul: What is the coalition planning and where does it stand?

Plan will give politicians the power to appoint judges, block courts from reviewing almost all legislation and ministerial appointments; coalition wants to complete within a month

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a statement to the nation after a day of violence on March 1, 2023. (Screencapture/ Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

March 1, 2023, 10:49 pm

Netanyahu compares Tel Aviv protesters to settlers who set fire to Huwara

Opposition denounces ‘terrible statement’; PM also says without evidence that ‘foreign elements’ behind some demos; falsely claims 2005 Gaza Disengagement protests were non-violent

By Carrie Keller-Lynn and ToI Staff

Mounted police clash with people as they protest against the government's planned judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, March 1, 2023. Erik Marmor/Flash90

March 1, 2023, 5:08 pm

As protests sweep nation, police use aggressive means to clear Tel Aviv rally

Clashes with stun grenades, water cannons mark 1st time these are seen at demos; at least 11 injured, 50 arrested; Netanyahu, Lapid accuse each other of stirring up anarchy

By Carrie Keller-Lynn, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich presents the state budget at his Jerusalem ministry, February 28, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

February 28, 2023, 8:27 pm

New budget heads to Knesset with massive NIS 32b increase, despite inflation fears

Finance Minister Smotrich blames swell on coalition deals, inflation and public salary increases; as for economic risks of judicial overhaul, he says: ‘I don’t see a catastrophe’

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Noam party head Avi Maoz speaks during his faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, January 30, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

February 28, 2023, 12:24 am

Far-right anti-LGBTQ Avi Maoz quits government, says his coalition deal was ignored

Noam chief was ‘shocked to find no serious intention’ to create Jewish National Identity Office, will remain in 64-MK coalition; Yesh Atid MK: One less homophobe in the government

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Head of the Yesh Atid party MK Yair Lapid speaks during a faction meeting at the Knesset on February 27, 2023. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

February 27, 2023, 7:43 pm

After settler rioting over Huwara attack, Lapid says government has ‘lost control’

Gantz warns Israel is facing ‘a security disaster,’ accuses far-right coalition members of ‘fueling terrorism’; PM says ‘only’ security forces should ‘avenge’ deadly shooting

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right), and Economy Minister Nir Barkat in the Knesset on February 22, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

February 22, 2023, 5:10 pm

Knesset advances bill that would preemptively shield laws from judicial oversight

Measure radically restricts High Court’s powers, barring it from ruling on any law that has a clause precluding it; 15 unanimous judges needed to strike down laws without clause

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) reads a letter to Shas chair Aryeh Deri, informing Deri that he must remove him from ministerial office, at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, January 22, 2023. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

February 22, 2023, 2:33 pm

Coalition advances bill that would return Deri to cabinet, defying High Court ruling

MKs move to outlaw court oversight of appointments, a month after justices found Shas leader’s two ministerial posts ‘unreasonable in the extreme’ due to his past offenses

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

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