The 'override clause', which would have made it possible for the government to overrule the courts with a simple majority of one in parliament, faced strong resistance.
which would have given the government power to overrule the country's courts with a simple majority of one in the Knesset."I threw that out," he told the US paper,"the idea of an override clause, where the parliament, the Knesset, can override the decisions of the Supreme Court with a simple majority, I threw that out, it's out."
It echoes remarks the prime minister had previously made, and suggests he is now more willing to pursue a more moderate and ultimately more popular course of action. It's also probably no coincidence he made the announcement in an American newspaper considering how critical Biden's White House has been of the proposed reforms.
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