Evening Edition: Israel Passes Controversial Judicial Overhaul Bill

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🗓️ 24 July 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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The Israeli parliament on Monday passed a bill that is the first of a package of bills that is focused on curbing the Supreme Court of the power. Thousands of protesters took to the streets saying this is the end of democracy in Israel. FOX's Eben Brown speaks with Trey Yingst. FOX News Foreign Correspondent reporting from Jerusalem, about the plan to overhaul their judicial system and public reaction to it. Click Here To Follow 'The FOX News Rundown: Evening Edition' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:17.2	I'm Janis Deane, and this is The Fox News rundown.
0:20.7	Monday, July 24, 2023, I'm Evan Brown.
0:29.3	Israel begins to reform its judiciary, which many see as a check on the power of Prime
0:34.8	Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and they've taken to the streets again.
0:39.8	The tension in the air here is palpable, and the country of Israel is really at a turning
0:47.0	point.
0:48.0	It seems that there is a fracture in the society.
0:50.6	This is The Fox News rundown, evening edition.
1:13.9	Following months of public discontent, often leading to unruly protests in Jerusalem and
1:19.1	Tel Aviv in Haifa and in other cities and towns, the government of Israel, led by Prime
1:24.8	Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, passes one part of its desired reforms to the Israeli judiciary.
1:31.5	It's called the reasonableness test or standard, and it had allowed Israel's Supreme Court
1:37.2	a wide latitude to strike down laws passed by its parliaments, the Knesset.
1:43.5	Those who oppose Netanyahu's right wing government have cried foul, saying the status
1:47.7	quo was a check on its power and revoking it threatens Israeli democracy, that's a claim
1:53.7	Netanyahu and his allies dismiss.
1:56.7	But as the voting wrapped up, crowds grew large and loud, and police got very involved.
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