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Israel’s Judicial Reform: A Dramatic Vote Dividing the Nation
Just two days after the pacemaker was installed, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu couldn’t wait to leave the hospital and rush to the Jerusalem parliament. The judicial reform initiated by him and which has been advancing for seven months will usher in a voting time in late July. 120 MPs had a heated debate before the vote. 56 members of the opposition party believed that if the bill was passed, it would push the country into a pit of fire, and all abstained and left the venue in protest. In the end, the bill passed in a dramatic 64-0 result. There were sparse applause from the parliamentarians in the venue,…