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Israel PM in parliament for key legal reform vote as protests flare
3 years agoMembers of Israel's mounted security forces arrive at the site of a demonstration at the entrance of the parliament (Knesset) in Jerusalem on July 24, 2023, amid a months-long wave of protests against the government's planned judicial overhaul. - Israeli lawmakers on July 24 prepared for a final vote on a major component of the hard-right government's controversial judicial reforms even as US President Joe Biden called for postponing the "divisive" bill that has triggered mass protests. (Photo by HAZEM BADER / AFP)
Israel's hard-right government readied Monday to push through parliament a key clause of its judicial reforms that have sparked mass protests and been labelled "divisive" by US President Joe Biden.
