Netanyahu Delays Judicial Overhaul Amid Unrest

NBC News reports:

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed Monday evening to pause a divisive plan to overhaul the country’s judicial system until the next parliament session, according to a statement from one of the coalition partner parties, following widespread unrest in Israel.

Israel had been paralyzed Monday after hundreds of thousands of people stopped working to protest the proposal.

It followed unrest Sunday night after Netanyahu fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, who became the first member of his Likud Party to speak out against the proposed changes. Gallant had warned that divisions over the plans threatened Israel’s security.

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