JUDICIAL
REFORM BILL - INTERNATIONAL
News:
Israel's controversial
judicial reform Bill gets Parliament nod
What's
in the news?
● Israel's
hard-right government pushed through Parliament a key clause of its
controversial judicial reform package despite months of mass protests and
concerns voiced by foreign allies.
Key
takeaways:
● Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his coalition allies approved the Bill in a
Knesset vote boycotted by Opposition lawmakers.
● It
is also called the “reasonableness bill”, it seeks to strip the top court of the power to declare government decisions
unreasonable.
Government’s
rationale:
● PM
Benjamin Netanyahu and his supporters say the move is meant to rebalance powers
between the branches of government.