Israel’s parliament has passed the highly controversial judicial reform bill, which changes the makeup of the country’s judicial selection committee. The bill has faced significant backlash, particularly for increasing politicians' roles in selecting judges, including those who will sit in the Supreme Court.

Israeli parliament passes controversial judicial reform bill

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Israelis are thinking of running and the Finish Line is their country's border. Yes, a race to leave the country could begin soon. Week after week we have been telling you about Israel's raging anti-judicial overhaul process but today we will tell you how this is impacting the mind of an average Israeli.

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Thousands of protestors are expected to take to the streets of Tel Aviv as an initial report says the Knesset will hold a vote on one of the most controversial bills of the proposed judicial overhaul. But why does this bill matter? Well, this bill proposes to strip the Supreme Court of the power to strike down those government decisions which it deems unsustainable in law.

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The Knesset's constitution, law and justice committee will resume legislation on Israel's controversial judicial reform today amid protests across the country. The committee will advance a bill which seeks to bar the power of the supreme court to block executive decisions based on the "Extreme unreasonableness doctrine".

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Israel's coalition government has resumed debating the fiercely opposed Judicial Reform Bill. The proposal aims to limit the Supreme Court's powers and curb the ability to rule against the government. The opposition has highlighted that if the bill is enacted it would be a national disaster for the country's democracy.

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The Israeli parliament failed to elect representatives to the judicial selection committee. On Wednesday, the Parliament appointed an Opposition lawmaker to the powerful panel that appoints the country’s judges. However, with a second vacancy left unfilled, the Opposition said it would freeze the talks until the committee resumes work. Opposition leaders Yair Lapid and Benny Gantz suspended their participation in talks with the government. Opposition candidate Karine Elharrar, backed by Lapid and Gantz, was voted into the committee yesterday. However, the majority was unable to put forth its own candidate due to internal sparring. As a result, a new vote must be held within 30 days. The government's reform proposals would curtail the authority of the supreme court. It would give politicians greater powers over the selection of the judges. in march, Prime Minister Netanyahu announced a pause to allow for talks on the reforms, which were moving through parliament and split the nation.

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Israel thousands of people are up in arms against the controversial plan to overhaul the Israeli judicial system and what is interesting is that today the Knesset voted to place two lawmakers on the Judicial Selection Committee. Watch this report to know more...

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Thousands of Israelis protested outside parliament against the government's controversial judicial reform plan, which aims to give lawmakers substantially more control over the supreme court.

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Thousands of Israelis protested outside parliament against the government's controversial judicial reform plan. Watch this report to know more.

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