More than 80,000 people demonstrated against Netanyahu's government in Jerusalem. Opposition leaders warned that the judicial debate will tear Israeli society apart.
Fox News correspondent Trey Yingst has the latest on the prime minister's sixth term on 'Special Report.'In what was considered to be one of the largest protests in Israel's history more than 80,000 people demonstrated against judicial reforms put forward byin Jerusalem on Monday. Other protests where also held across the country.
The government will also be able to appoint the president and vice president of the supreme court neither of whom needed to have previously served on the court and potentially not even served as a lower court judge. Justice Minister Yariv Levin has argued that the hight court has surpassed its authority in the last two decades and severely interfered with the ability of elected coalitions and ministers to enact government policies.
Herzog emphasized the importance of reaching a broad compromise and presented his five-point plan for Israel's balance of powers. Israelis wave national flags during protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government to overhaul the judicial system, outside the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023.
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