Amid a sea of hundreds, perhaps thousands of Israeli flags at an anti-government protest in Tel Aviv on Saturday, a plain white poster protruded with a handwritten message in black: 'Democracy without compromise.'
Netanyahu and his far-right and religious allies say the reforms aim to redress decades of overreach by the judiciary and to balance out branches of government. Critics see a threat to independence of the courts by the prime minister, who is on trial on graft charges he denies.
Israel's president, whose role is largely ceremonial, has been mediating between the coalition and opposition. So far nothing has emerged. Eisenkot, in an interview with Israel's Channel 12, called for the proposed legislation to be frozen for a year.when Netanyahu sacked his defence minister after he broke ranks and called for the plan to be halted. Israelis spilled into the streets in an unprecedented spontaneous nationwide protest late into the night. Netanyahu later reversed his decision.
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