JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Tuesday (Feb 21) for a dialogue with opponents of his proposals to overhaul the judiciary which have drawn mass protests and criticism from around the world. Netanyahu has previously derided opponents of the proposals, which would increase the
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Tuesday for a dialogue with opponents of his proposals to overhaul the judiciary which have drawn mass protests and criticism from around the world.
But as opposition grew on Tuesday, a day after a preliminary vote in parliament on part of the package, he offered to talk to critics to reach a consensus. The proposals, which Netanyahu has said are needed to curb what he calls an activist judiciary that overreaches its authority to interfere in politics, have drawn unusually open criticism from the business sector and Israel's allies in Washington.Tens of thousands have joined weekly protests against the proposals, currently making their way through parliament, saying they would destroy the checks and balances underpinning Israel's democracy and hand near-unlimited power to the executive.
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