Embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began setting up negotiating teams Tuesday after he paused a controversial judicial overhaul plan that had set off unprecedented street protests and a spiraling domestic crisis.
Embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began setting up negotiating teams Tuesday after he paused a controversial judicial overhaul plan that had set off unprecedented streetIsrael's political factions opposed to embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began setting up negotiating teams Tuesday after he paused a controversial judicial overhaul plan that had set off unprecedented street protests and a spiraling domestic crisis.
He said he wanted "to avoid civil war" and would seek a compromise with political opponents. Netanyahu spoke after tens of thousands of people demonstrated outside the parliament building in Jerusalem. "When there's an opportunity to avoid civil war through dialogue, I, as prime minister, am taking a timeout for dialogue," Netanyahu said in his speech. He vowed to reach a "broad consensus" during the summer session of parliament, which begins on April 30.
Critics say the legislative package would hobble the country's system of checks and balances. Protesters vowed to intensify their demonstrations. Tens of thousands of people, largely secular, middle-class Israelis, have regularly joined mass protests against it.
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