Israel’s Netanyahu defends judicial reform amid mass protests

JERUSALEM, 16 January 2023, (TON): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended a controversial judicial reform amid mass protests against the changes.

Thousands of Israelis demonstrated in Tel Aviv to protest plans by the Netanyahu’s government to overhaul the legal system.

Proposed by Justice Minister Yariv Levin, the reform, if enacted, would be the most radical change ever in the system of government in Israel.

The proposed changes will severely limit the power of the Supreme Court of Justice, and give the government the power to choose judges, and end the appointment of legal advisers to ministries by the Attorney General.

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