Israel's Netanyahu backs down, pauses judicial overhaul in face of protests - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Rina Bassist

Rina Bassist

Mar 27, 2023

rotesters gather outside Israel's parliament in Jerusalem amid ongoing demonstrations and calls for a general strike against the hard-right government's controversial push to overhaul the justice system, on March 27, 2023. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images) — Protesters gather outside the Knesset building amid ongoing demonstrations and calls for a general strike against the far-right government's controversial push to overhaul the justice system, Jerusalem, March 27, 2023. — Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images

Ghiora Lehler, a 79-year-old veteran Israeli paratrooper, waves a national flag during a rally against the government's judicial reform bill.

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In Tel Aviv, reporting on politics

Members of Israeli security forces disperse demonstrators staging a 'day of resistance' to protest the government's judicial overhaul bill, in Tel Aviv on July 18, 2023. The proposals have divided the nation and triggered one of the biggest protest movements in Israel's history since being unveiled in January by the hard-right government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

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Israeli army faces internal fissures over judicial overhaul as Iran watches

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

Protesters clash with the police during a rally against the Israeli government's judicial reform in Tel Aviv, Israel on March 27, 2023. - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on March 26, 2023 fired Defence Minister Yoav Galant a day after he broke ranks, citing security concerns in calling for a pause to the government's controversial judicial reforms. On a day when 200,000 people took to the streets of Tel Aviv to protest the reforms, Galant -- who had been a staunch Netanyahu ally -- on Saturday sai

General strike in Israel, Netanyahu under pressure to freeze judicial overhaul

Rina Bassist

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs

A general strike and mass protest against the government's judicial overhaul spell Israel's most severe domestic crisis in years

Israel's Netanyahu pauses judicial reform that split nation

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