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Israel’s judicial crisis: How did we get here?

People attend a demonstration after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed the defence minister and his nationalist coalition government presses on with its judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 26, 2023 [Nir Elias/Reuters]

Israeli President Isaac Herzog has called for an immediate halt to the government’s controversial judicial reform plans which have sparked months of street protests in the country.

“For the sake of the unity of the people of Israel, for the sake of the necessary responsibility, I call on you to halt the legislative process immediately,” Herzog said in a statement on Monday.

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