'The damage is enormous,' a former Bank of Israel governor told demonstrators in Tel Aviv as the Knesset gave final approval of a key component of the highly contentious judicial overhaul.
"The damage is enormous," a former Bank of Israel governor told demonstrators in Tel Aviv as the Knesset gave final approval of a key component of the highly contentious judicial overhaul.As an estimated 200,000 Israelis took to the streets of cities across the nation Saturday in protest, the country's parliament advanced a bill to weaken the Supreme Court—legislation condemned by opponents as a"judicial coup.
The far-right coalition in the Knesset—Israel's parliament—led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voted for the third and final time to advance a key component of a proposed judicial overhaul package which would repeal the"reasonableness" standard used by the Israeli Supreme Court to overrule egregious government decisions. The vote clears the way for the legislation to be ratified into law on Monday.
"I'm very scared of what's happening in Israel now and I'm very worried about the future of my daughter," Jerusalem protester Lotem Pinchover, a 40-year-old academic,
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