As soon as the judicial reform bill passed the Israeli parliament on Thursday, Netanyahu's defense minister opposed it and urged the prime minister to postpone it but Netanyahu fired the defense minister.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has backed down on implementing his judicial reform plan, succumbing to nationwide violent protests and strikes.Announcing this on Monday, he said that he wanted to give his political opponents time to compromise on this controversial reform plan.
Netanyahu made this announcement after two days of massive protests against judicial reform.People in Israel were massively opposing the judicial reform.The general strike brought the whole of Israel to a standstill.
Let us tell you that as soon as the judicial reform bill was passed by the Israeli Parliament on Thursday, Netanyahu's Defense Minister opposed it and requested the Prime Minister to postpone it but PM Netanyahu dismissed the Defense Minister from the post.After this the common people who were already agitating became furious.
Fierce protesters had reached outside PM Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem.The police also had to use water canon to remove them.Worried by the protests, President Isaac Herzog appealed to PM Netanyahu to immediately stop the process of the judicial reform plan.After this the PM announced.Netanyahu said he had decided not to move forward on the controversial law for the time being in order to give an opportunity for genuine dialogue.
What would have changed if judicial reform had been implemented in Israel:
-The Supreme Court's power to review and overrule laws would have decreased.
Court decisions can be overturned by a majority vote in Parliament.
The changes would have increased the representation of the government in the committee appointing judges and the government's decision would have been decisive in the appointment of judges in all courts including the Supreme Court.
It is no longer necessary for ministers to follow the advice of their legal advisors.Now they have to follow this advice.These were some of the major changes proposed, which are being opposed.
Why is judicial reform being opposed?
Critics of PM Netanyahu are calling it an attempt to bring the judiciary under the government and parliament.Critics also believe that these laws were being made for Netanyahu to protect him from corruption charges.Israel was divided into two factions regarding the legal changes.
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