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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem

Israel’s Knesset vote to be delayed as judicial overhaul row continues

Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset on Wednesday
Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset on Wednesday. Photograph: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters

A key vote in Israel’s Knesset related to the government’s bitterly contested judicial overhaul is set to be delayed at the behest of the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in a move that could torpedo negotiations with the opposition and galvanise the anti-legislation protest movement.

Parliamentarians were due on Wednesday to elect two political representatives to the country’s nine-member judicial selection committee, the composition of which is one of the most important issues in the now six-month-old political crisis.

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