Israeli Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara tells Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that any efforts to push for a judicial overhaul risks a conflict of interest in his ongoing corruption trial
Netanyahu is on trial for fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in a series of scandals involving influential media moguls and wealthy associates.
Netanyahu is on trial for fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in a series of scandals involving influential media moguls and wealthy associates. He denies wrongdoing. The judicial overhaul was launched by the country’s justice minister, a close confidante of Netanyahu’s, and the Israeli leader has touted it as the right step for the country.
The plan would allow a simple majority of the country's 120-seat parliament to overturn Supreme Court decisions that deem laws unconstitutional.
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