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Israel PM delays judicial reform: Netanyahu wants to ‘give time for broad agreement’

By France24
30 March 2023   |   9:54 am
Following weeks of mass protests and a day of nationwide turmoil, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has yielded to pressure and agreed to postpone his controversial judicial reforms as of March 27th. This decision was a significant reversal for his government, which had fired the defense minister just a day earlier in response to his demands for a delay in the divisive law.

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