Advocacy groups have sharply criticized Monday’s approval of the first of several bills that seeks to reform Israel’s judicial system.
The Associated Press reported all of the MKs in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government supported the measure after opposition lawmakers stormed out of the Knesset in protest.
The proposed reforms, among other things, would increase the government’s control over judicial appointments and diminish the Supreme Court’s ability to strike down laws.
Netanyahu on March 27 announced he had postponed the efforts amid a growing protest movement and a nationwide strike that paralyzed Israel.