Israel Passes First Bit of Judicial Plan as Thousands in Streets
- Supreme Court has less power to declare premier incapacitated
- Opposition leader: Netanyahu again takes care of himself
Israeli police disperse protesters amid ongoing demonstrations in Tel Aviv on March 23.
Photographer: Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images
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Israel’s Parliament approved early Thursday the first part of a planned judicial overhaul, reducing the authority of the legal system to declare the prime minister incapacitated, hours before tens of thousands of Israelis took again to the streets to protest that and other planned changes.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition passed a law stipulating that he can be declared unable to function only for medical or mental health reasons. That eliminated any attempt to use his corruption trial as a basis for his removal and gave him greater leeway to advocate publicly for changes.