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Are Netanyahu’s legal troubles behind push for judicial change?

Israel's longest serving prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has succeeded in passing the first part of a judicial overhaul through the Knesset as he is on trial on corruption, fraud and breach of trust charges [File: Ronen Zvulun/Pool via Reuters]

Israel has been mired in months of protests and political uncertainty over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s plans to overhaul the judicial system.

Heading the most far-right government in Israel’s history, Netanyahu has been accused of using the legislation to try to circumvent his own legal problems.

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