Israel’s PM Netanyahu agrees to postpone judicial reforms
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 28 March 2023
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has postponed a bitterly contested judicial overhaul, the first consignment of German Leopard 2 tanks has reached Ukraine, and shares of First Citizens Bank surged nearly 50 per cent on Monday morning following news it would buy much of the failed Silicon Valley Bank.
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Netanyahu partner says reforms that have roiled Israel to be postponed
German Leopard 2 tanks arrive in Ukraine
First Citizens to buy failed Silicon Valley Bank
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| 0:00.0 | The FT News Briefing is supported by Equinole, the UK's energy partner. |
| 0:06.3 | Learn more at equinole.co.uk |
| 0:10.4 | Good morning from the Financial Times. |
| 0:11.9 | Today is Tuesday, March 28th, and this is your FT News Briefing. |
| 0:18.8 | Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to delay his controversial judicial reforms |
| 0:24.8 | and German leopard tanks are on their way to Ukraine. |
| 0:28.8 | Plus, US lender has agreed to buy the failed Silicon Valley Bank, |
| 0:32.8 | but what do investors think of the deal? |
| 0:35.0 | They don't only like the deal they're getting, they love the deal they're getting. |
| 0:38.6 | I'm Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 0:51.7 | In Israel, mass protests yesterday threatened to shut the country down, |
| 0:56.4 | and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu caved. |
| 0:59.8 | He agreed to post-pone his highly controversial judicial reforms. |
| 1:04.4 | To find out more, I'm joined by the FT's Jerusalem Correspondent, James Shatter. |
| 1:08.6 | Hey, James. |
| 1:09.8 | Hi. |
| 1:11.2 | So, James, is it surprising that Netanyahu back down? |
| 1:15.4 | I think that by Monday, it was no longer that much of a surprise. |
| 1:21.1 | There have been protests building against the judicial overhaul proposed by Netanyahu's government |
| 1:27.0 | since it was unveiled in January. |
| 1:29.7 | But what really brought things to a head in the last couple of days |
| 1:36.2 | was Netanyahu's decision on Sunday night to sack his defense minister after he criticized |
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