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Israel’s parliament has approved the first part of a controversial judicial reform pushed by Benjamin Netanyahu’s government that has sparked the country’s worst political crisis in years.
The Knesset voted Monday afternoon to approve the bill, which bars the Supreme Court from using the standard of reasonableness to overturn government decisions.
The battle over the judicial changes has sparked months of protests, raised cracks in Israel’s crucial military reserve, and drawn criticism from key allies such as the United States.
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