Israel Supreme Court strikes down Netanyahu govt's controversial judicial reform

JERUSALEM: On Monday, the Israeli Supreme Court struck down one part of the controversial judicial reforms pushed by the Benjamin Netanyahu government. The reforms had sparked mass protests in the nation when first proposed by the Netanyahu government as they were seen as infringing on the independence and oversight capability of the judiciary. Eight of the 15 Supreme Court judges ruled on Monday against a law overturning the ‘reasonableness’ clause that allows the court to nullify any government decisions that it deems as unconstitutional. 

According to a report by Reuters, even as Opposition lawmakers welcome this decision by the apex court of Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party has deemed the decision as ‘unfortunate’ and said that it opposed "the will of the people for unity, especially during wartime".