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Israeli SC hears first plea contesting Netanyahu's contentious judicial overhaul
Updated On: 12 September, 2023 12:09 PM IST | Jerusalem | AP
In a sign of the case`s significance, all 15 of Israel`s Supreme Court justices are hearing appeals to the law together for the first time in Israel`s history
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Israel`s Supreme Court on Tuesday opened the first case to look at the legality of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu`s contentious judicial overhaul deepening a showdown with the far-right government that has bitterly divided the nation and put the country on the brink of a constitutional crisis. In a sign of the case`s significance, all 15 of Israel`s Supreme Court justices are hearing appeals to the law together for the first time in Israel`s history. A regular panel is made up of three justices, though they sometimes sit on expanded panels. The proceedings were also being live-streamed.
The law, which the Israeli parliament passed in July, cancels the court`s ability to strike down government decisions it deems to be "unreasonable". It is the first piece of the wider plan by Netanyahu`s government to weaken the Supreme Court and give more power to the governing coalition. The protesters have come largely from the country`s secular middle class. Leading high-tech business figures have threatened to relocate. Perhaps most dramatically, thousands of military reservists have broken with the government and declared their refusal to report for duty over the plan.
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