Israel’s Netanyahu Advances Judicial Changes Despite Uproar

[Sarah]

Israel’s government on Monday was pressing ahead with a contentious plan to overhaul the country’s legal system, despite an unprecedented uproar that has included mass protests, warnings from military and business leaders and calls for restraint by the United States.Thousands of demonstrators were expected to gather outside the parliament, or Knesset, for a second straight week to rally against the plan as lawmakers prepared to hold an initial vote.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies say the plan is meant to fix a system that has given the courts and government legal advis

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