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41.5% of coalition voters and 6% of opposition voters said that the Court lacks the authority to perform judicial review over Basic Laws passed by Knesset. 73% of Israelis agree that in order to bridge the divisions between the political camps, attempts should be made to reach a compromise.
Netanyahu has been noncommittal when asked if he'd adhere to potential decision striking down law; PM, at cabinet meeting, doesn't mention Tuesday's reasonableness hearing
Oppoents of Netanyahu's reforms demonstrated Saturday night in central Tel Aviv, ahead of Israel’s Supreme Court hearing a challenge to them.
From the blog of Stefanie Schur at The Times of Israel
A lot of damage is liable to result if we do not start to act constructively, rather than just blame each other for causing the destruction of Israel’s democracy.