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Netanyahu’s judicial reform push bolsters opposition

Dormant since the Nov. 1 electoral defeat, Israel’s opposition is now rallying against the new government's judicial reform plans.
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Jewish Power Knesset member Zvika Fogel called Tuesday for the imprisonment of opposition leaders Yair Lapid and Benny Gantz and former legislators Yair Golan and Moshe Ya’alon.

This month has seen widespread denunciation from the center-left of the Netanyahu government's plans to overhaul Israel’s judicial system. In an interview with Israel’s public broadcaster Kan, Fogel accused them of treason and called for “these four to be arrested.”

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