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Lennox Kalifungwa

Netanyahu, Levin Reportedly Seeking To Halt Judicial Reform

IN FILE - Israeli Likud Knesset member, Yariv Levin (right) with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Jerusalem, Israel, March 18, 2013. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Justice Minister Yariv Levin have decided to put a 12-month moratorium on their government's judicial reform plan. LIOR MIZRAHI/GETTY IMAGES

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Justice Minister Yariv Levin have agreed to freeze their government’s judicial reform program for 12 months, Israel Hayom reported on Tuesday, citing anonymous coalition officials.

Netanyahu and Levin have asked for the blessing of Israeli President Isaac Herzog, the article said, with the two politicians hoping that formalizing the pause will contain the anti-government protests.

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