Israeli leadership in crisis as justice reform proposals dismissed and civil war looms.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog's proposal for a judicial overhaul, which sought to address critical aspects of the relationship between Israel’s branches of government, was swiftly rejected by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his coalition partners. Opposition leaders expressed cautious approval for the framework as a basis for talks, while lashing the government for so readily dismissing what Herzog had presented as the last, best chance to avoid a catastrophic tear in the fabric of Israeli society.