Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has officially announced that he will postpone the second and third readings of the judicial reform bill until the next parliamentary session. This was reported by the local news portal Yedioth Ahronoth.
The Israeli prime minister noted that, in coordination with the country’s Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, they agreed to delay the adoption of the law on judicial reform until the summer session of the Knesset.
On March 26, mass protests against judicial reform began in Israel – more than 600 thousand people took to the streets. Legislative reform is based on the fact that the majority of the Parliament will be able to elect Supreme Court judges, who will lose the right to overturn Cabinet decisions.
Later Israeli President Yitzhak Herzog He insisted stop the judicial reform process immediately.
On March 27, the National Union of Israel participated in a general strike in the country. He made a decision close Ben Gurion – the airport will not send or receive flights.