Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel's Supreme Court has said that an expanded panel would hear appeals against a recently-passed law, which makes it harder to declare Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unfit for office, in September.

Judges of an Israeli court have proposed that the prosecution consider dropping the bribery charge in the corruption trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to a statement from the court.

Israel marked its 75th Independence Day amid protests and political divisions between supporters and opponents of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's "contentious plan to overhaul the judiciary".

Israel's President Isaac Herzog has warned of an impending "historic constitutional crisis" in the country over a "controversial" plan by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right government to overhaul the judiciary.

A senior Palestine official said that the new Israeli government formed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently is replacing peace and the two-state solution with annexation and settlement.