Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his right-wing government passed a law recently that weakened the country's Supreme Court.

Now that same Supreme Court has struck down the law.

Can Netanyahu fight the decision while leading a war?

I'm Michelle Martin.

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By a narrow majority the court struck down a law that was designed to curtail the

court's own authority.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition passed a law last year.

The effort united his right-wing government but divided

Israeli society at large. It was the reason for massive protests in the months

before the start of the war against Hamas. And Pierce Daniel Estrin is in Tel Aviv now to tell us more about this.

Daniel, good morning.

Good morning, Michelle.

So would you just start by reminding us about what this law was all about.

Yeah, it was the number one focus of the right-wing government when it came to power in Israel a year

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