Thousands of protesters gathered outside the Israeli parliament, or Knesset, desperate to make a last-ditch attempt to push the parliamentarians inside to stop the government’s controversial legislation to overhaul the judiciary.
Instead, it was the opposition members of the Knesset who boycotted the final vote on Monday afternoon, as it became clear that the far-right government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in no mood to compromise, and last-minute negotiations collapsed.
Far-right members of Netanyahu’s government were reported to have threatened to bring down the government if the legislation was not passed on Monday, having already been forced to delay the vote in March.
The White House has deemed it “unfortunate” that Israel’s legislature passed a bill that aims to curb the powers of the country’s top court, stressing that the administration of US President Joe Biden believes major changes should be decided by “consensus”.
Hours after the government approved the first step in its efforts to weaken the judiciary, at least three petitions asking the Supreme Court to nullify it were filed. Will the top court override the ‘reasonableness bill’? Experts are divided

Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe
Follow us on Twitter:   / ajenglish  
Find us on Facebook:   / aljazeera  
Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/
Check out our Instagram page:   / aljazeeraenglish  

#Israel #IsraelProtests #IsraelPoliticalCrisis #JudicialReform #IsraelSupremeCourt #BenjaminNetanyahu #IsraelJudicialOverhaul