Netanyahu Moving Ahead on Legal Overhaul Despite Outcry
Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, on Jan 15
Photographer: Menehem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images
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Tel Aviv, Israel (AP) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday his government plans to charge ahead with an overhaul of the country's judicial system, despite fierce criticism from top legal officials and protests against the changes that drew tens of thousands of people.