The Knesset approved Monday the proposed reasonableness bill by a majority of 64 to 0, after opposition members boycotted the vote and walked out of the Knesset plenum in protest. Peta Jones Pellach reports from Jerusalem.
Israeli Knesset Passes First Judicial Reform Bill into Law
Protestors raise their hands in a show of no violence during an anti-judicial overhaul demonstration in Jerusalem. Israel's parliament approved the first major law in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's contentious plan to overhaul the country's justice system, triggering a new burst of mass protests and drawing accusations that he was pushing the country toward authoritarian rule. (Photo by Eyal Warshavsky / SOPA Images/Sipa USA) Credit: SOPA Images/Sipa USA/AAP Image
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Peta Jones Pellach reports on the passing of the first bill in the government's legislative overhaul.
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