The Knesset, Israel’s parliament, on Monday approved a key part of the controversial judicial reforms backed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The vote came after a tumultuous session, where opposition lawmakers chanted “shame” and walked out ahead of the vote. Without the opposition, legislators voted 64-0 to approve the measure, which will prevent judges from…
The Knesset, Israel’s parliament, on Monday approved a key part of the controversial judicial reforms backed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The vote came after a tumultuous session, where opposition lawmakers chanted “shame” and walked out ahead of the vote. Without the opposition, legislators voted 64-0 to approve the measure, which will prevent judges from overturning government decisions on the basis that they are “unreasonable.”
Justice Minister Yariv Levin, who orchestrated the reforms, said lawmakers had taken the “first step in an important historic process.
