Netanyahu advances judicial overhaul in Israel's Knesset
The government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the first step in getting its judicial reform adopted by the Knesset.
TEL AVIV — Israel’s parliament approved Monday night on a first reading several components of the government's judicial overhaul. The approval followed daylong protests throughout Israel, including a mass rally outside the Knesset building in Jerusalem and a march along its walls.
Sixty-three Knesset members voted in favor of two bills limiting the power of the Supreme Court to overturn unconstitutional legislation and offering the government more power in choosing judges. Forty-seven Knesset members rejected the bill, with several other opposition members absent from the plenum.
