Explained: Four bills and one new law undermining press freedom and Israel's judiciary
Israel's most far-right government in history is pushing to overhaul Israel's media, split the attorney general's power, change investigations into police misconduct – and a death penalty bill that Israel's top civil rights group says solely targets Arabs
Credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO, U.S. Embassy Jerusalem, Naama Grynbaum; Artwork: Anastasia Shub
Israel's most far-right government in history is pushing to overhaul Israel's media, split the attorney general's power, change investigations into police misconduct – and a death penalty bill that Israel's top civil rights group says solely targets Arabs
December 25, 2025
In late December, the Netanyahu-led coalition made its most aggressive legislative push for a set of laws that would significantly change Israel's judicial and media landscape – a contentious overhaul that was at the heart of the last election in November 2022 and dominated newscycles before Hamas' October 7 attack and the subsequent two-year war.
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