Israel initially greenlights controversial judicial reform despite protest

STORY: Israel initially greenlights controversial judicial reform despite protest DATELINE: Feb. 21, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:54 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the demonstration STORYLINE: Israel's parliament voted on Tuesday to advance Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's contentious plan to overhaul the country's judiciary, despite widespread public opposition. After a stormy debate, the first two bills of the judicial reform passed in a first, non-binding reading. Out of the 120 seats in the parliament, 63 lawmakers voted in favor of the bills, 47 against, and 10 were absent. Members of Netanyahu's new ultra-religious and ultranationalist coalition government celebrated the outcome. "A great night and a great day," Netanyahu wrote on Twitter after the vote. The first bill would alter the composition of the nine-member committee that appoints judges, limiting the influence of legal professionals and giving the government an outright majority. If approved, the law would

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