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Israel’s Supreme Court has struck down a controversial government plan to limit the powers of the judiciary, in an unprecedented move that threatens to reignite fierce tensions in the country

(CNN) — Israel’s Supreme Court has struck down a controversial government plan to limit the powers of the judiciary, in an unprecedented move that threatens to reignite fierce tensions in

The High Court struck down a basic law for the first time, essentially killing the main achievement of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposed 2023 judicial overhaul.

When every day soldiers are dying and fighting side by side – Rightists and Leftists, secular and religious – the last thing the country needs is a reignition of old divisions.

Israel’s Supreme Court overturned a highly contested law aimed at weakening the justices’ own power in a loss to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition.

The bill had stripped the Supreme Court of the power to declare government decisions unreasonable.

The Israel Democracy Institute issued the following statement on the High Court of Justice’s decision to strike down the amendment passed in July to the Basic Law: The Judiciary, eliminating the Court’s use of the Reasonableness Standard.

Israeli opposition leader Jair Lapid has expressed his support for the Supreme Court after it overturned a key element of the government's controversial judicial reform. "The Supreme Court's decision closes a difficult year of strife that has torn us apart from within and led to the worst catastrophe in our history," Lapid wrote on Monday on the social media platform X. "We give the Supreme Court our full backing" after it fulfilled its mission to protect the citize...

The decision is seen as akin to the American Supreme Court striking down an amendment to the U.S. Constitution.The post In first, Israeli Supreme Court strikes down Basic Law appeared

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