Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday he will delay his judicial overhaul plan in a bid to 'avoid civil war' amid historic demonstrations, workers' strikes and other protests against his deeply polarizing proposal.
allies signaled earlier Monday that the prime minister would delay his proposal as tens of thousands of Israelies gathered outside the Knesset, the nation’s parliament, to protest. Some demonstrators reportedly lit bonfires on Tel Aviv’s main highway, closing down traffic in the area.fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, who urged a pause in the push for the judicial overhaul.
Among other things, the government’s proposal plan would give the nation’s governing coalition — currently headed by Mr.— power over judicial appointments. Separately, Mr. Netanyahu’s government also wants to pass laws that would give the Knesset power to overrule Israeli Supreme Court decisions that invalidate Knesset-approved measures and put new limits on judicial reviews of some laws.
Critics have cast the proposals as the first step toward potential tyranny, saying the Supreme Court has historically served as a backstop to protect civil rights and restrain government overreach. “This is the last chance to stop this move into a dictatorship,” Matityahu Sperber, 68, told the Associated Press at the Knesset protests.to seek a compromise and defuse the increasingly volatile situation.
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