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https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-president-urges-halt-judicial-overhaul-after-protests-2023-03-27/
Israel government in chaos as judicial reform plans draw mass protests
JERUSALEM, March 27 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition plunged into chaos on Monday, after mass overnight protests over the sacking of his defence chief piled pressure on the government to halt its bitterly contested plans to overhaul the judiciary.
Netanyahu had been expected to make a televised statement on Monday morning announcing the plans, which he says are needed to restore balance to the system of government but that critics see as a threat to democracy, had been suspended.
"For the sake of the unity of the people of Israel, for the sake of responsibility, I call on you to stop the legislative process immediately," President Isaac Herzog said on Twitter.
The stark warning by Herzog, whose function is largely ceremonial is supposed to stand above politics, underlined the alarm caused by the proposals, which would tighten political control over judicial appointments and allow parliament to overrule the Supreme Court.
@vivify
He got his reply and is said to be backing down on the takeover of Judiciary since about one MILLION folks are out in force objecting to the end of democracy in Israel.
What I wonder is if the heat goes high enough to force NatenYAHOO to resign.
We, my family and I, lived in Israel for YEARS, I worked there at Intel in Jerusalem and saw that assswipe get in power, everyone I knew there CRINGED when he won.
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@sonhouse saidIsrael knowing elected a man currently on trial for corruption charges yet seems shocked at the result. A far-right corrupt racist will not back down to protests; this will only stall the inevitable.
@vivify
He got his reply and is said to be backing down on the takeover of Judiciary since about one MILLION folks are out in force objecting to the end of democracy in Israel.
What I wonder is if the heat goes high enough to force NatenYAHOO to resign.
We, my family and I, lived in Israel for YEARS, I worked there at Intel in Jerusalem and saw that assswipe get in power, everyone I knew there CRINGED when he won.
@vivify saidHe's also trying to pass legislation which would prevent his removal. Wake up and smell the coffee !
When you elect a far-right government this extreme what else do you expect? You can't elect people who vowed to remove the rights of Palestinians without authoritarianism being guaranteed.
