Israel’s Supreme Court strikes down key feature of Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul
Israel’s Supreme Court on Monday struck down a key component of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious judicial overhaul.
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Israel’s Supreme Court on Monday struck down a key component of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious judicial overhaul.
Netanyahu’s governing coalition passed a law in March that limits removing a prime minister from office to cases of medical and mental incapacitation.
The law was one of a series of proposed changes to Israel’s judiciary put forward by Netanyahu’s government earlier this year that seek to curb the power of the Supreme Court.
Lawmakers in the Knesset gave preliminary approval to the bill and is set to do the same with a broader plan to overhaul the country’s legal system in defiance of mass protests.
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