Israel braced for a resurgence of domestic turmoil after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu brushed aside objections to his government’s looming vote to limit the Supreme Court’s power, dashing hopes he would find a way to defuse a crisis of governance.
JERUSALEM — Israel braced for a resurgence of domestic turmoil Friday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu brushed aside objections to his government’s looming vote to limit the Supreme Court’s power, dashing hopes he would find a last-minute way to defuse an unprecedented crisis of governance.
Demonstrators were on the street immediately after Netanyahu’s address. At least 15 were arrested as protesters blocked roads and set fires. Protesters filled intersections, sometimes jostling with mounted police, and chanted in front of government ministers’ homes. Without government power bounded by a formal constitution, the reasonableness standard has been one of the few ways jurists exercise judicial review. Curtailing it, critics say, would risk setting Israel on a path to autocracy.
Those divisions have roared back in recent days, as the government’s determination to act has become clear. More than 150 Air Force and 300 medical reservists pledged not to be called up for duty if the measure passes. Labor and business leaders have beseeched Netanyahu to hit the brakes, so far to no avail.
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