Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signaled impatience with disruptions caused by resurgent demonstrations against his judicial overhaul plans, summoning his attorney general for a cabinet discussion of police countermeasures
The bill that would limit "reasonableness" as a standard of judicial review - and which critics argue would open the door for abuses of power - is scheduled for the first of three ratification readings in parliament on Monday.
"An agreement is attainable. And yet, still no one is willing to sit down and talk, now, without preconditions. This is a blunder of historic proportions," said President Isaac Herzog, whose post is largely ceremonial. But he argued such freedom should not be extended to "violations of the law that harm the basic rights of millions of citizens and are taking place on an almost daily basis," citing disruptions at Ben Gurion Airport, calls for disobedience within the military, main road closures and the heckling of elected officials.
"I hope the government does not expect the law-enforcement apparatus to maintain 'quotas' of arrests or indictments of protesters," she was quoted as saying.called the "reasonableness" bill, if it passes its first reading, a "serious step on the way to clearly illegal governmental corruption, and another step on the way to dictatorship".
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