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Israeli lawmakers pass a key law to weaken the judiciary despite public outrage

Israeli security forces remove protesters blocking the entrance of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem on Monday. (Hazem Bader/AFP via Getty Images)

Israeli lawmakers on Monday approved controversial changes to the judiciary, part of a package of proposed actions that's roiled the country in protests in recent months and sparked opposition from broad swaths of Israeli society.

The vote in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, capped a monthslong campaign by Israel's far-right government to weaken the judiciary, a move critics say pushes the country toward authoritarianism.

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