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'Pump the brakes', US envoy tells Netanyahu on judicial changes

FILE PHOTO: A demonstrator blocks a road during a protest against Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new right-wing coalition and its proposed judicial changes to reduce powers of the Supreme Court in Tel Aviv, Israel February 18, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

The U.S. envoy to Israel said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should slow progress on a judicial overhaul that could make it harder for Washington to help him promote ties with Saudi Arabia or deal with Iran.

For weeks, Israel has been in uproar over Netanyahu's hard-right government's plan to carry through changes to the judiciary that critics say endanger the country's democratic checks and balances.

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