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hello and welcome to bbc news. there's confusion over the fate of changes to israel's judicial system planned by the prime minister benjamin netanyahu. mr netanyahu had been expected to address the nation around now, following mass protests demanding he reverse the scheme. but it's reported that mr netanyahu is also under pressure not to back down from hardliners in his right—wing government. earlier, israel's president issac herzog urged a halt to the legislation saying the unity of the country was at stake. i'm joined now by our middle east correspondent anna foster in jerusalem....

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