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Israelis demonstrated in Tel Aviv and other cities, Saturday, for the 24th consecutive week against the government’s judicial reform plan, days after opposition leaders suspended their participation in negotiations over this controversial plan.
The plan, which the far-right government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to implement, limits the power of the Supreme Court and gives parliament great powers in choosing judges.
The project also aims to increase the power of elected officials over the judiciary. Critics say it threatens “the democratic character of Israel” and could help overturn a possible conviction of Netanyahu, who is being pursued on corruption charges in several cases.
In March, Netanyahu announced the suspension of the project to allow President Isaac Herzog to hold talks with the opposition about it, but opposition leaders Yair Lapid and Benny Gantz suspended their participation in the talks on Wednesday due to the failure of a member of the ruling coalition to obtain a sufficient number of votes to fill the membership of the selection committee of judges in Parliament, which the opposition considered a maneuver to prevent the formation of the committee.
Netanyahu’s government, made up of his Likud party and its far-right and ultra-Orthodox allies, says reform is needed to rebalance power between the judiciary and parliament.
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