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" and strike down ministerial appointments. Proponents argue that judicial reforms are necessary to correct an imbalance of power, with the courts intervening in political decisions. Opponents say the reforms would imperil Israel as a democracy.: "We have taken the first step in a historic process to correct the judicial system," said Israel's Justice Minster Yariv Levin, in congratulating the MPs on the vote.
: The bill is the first piece of legislation that represents a component of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial overhaul. He was able to hold his coalition together in a party-line vote on the bill after proposed compromises with Israel's largest labor union and President Isaac Herzog failed earlier in the day.
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