Hello everyone. I'm Christina Manpur. Here's what's coming up.

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A stunning display of resistance in Israel may have stopped Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plans to weaken the judiciary, at least for now.

In the face of massive protests and strikes, Netanyahu's coalition partner says the proposal

is tabled for the moment, but it will be brought up as

soon as perhaps a month from now. Whether that will be enough to calm the outcry is

yet to be seen. Critics both inside Israel and abroad, say the Israeli leader is making a

troublesome slide towards autocracy. So let's go straight to Hadas Gold in

Jerusalem, our correspondent on the ground there.

How does, tell me about the actual state of play on the ground, as you've been reporting all day?

Well, this has been an incredible 24-48 hours here because while there have been

protests ongoing for more than 12 weeks with hundreds of thousands of Israelis

taking to the streets in protest of this massive judicial overhaul, the last few

hours has seen a shift to sort of a new

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