Explained: How Israel's Top Court Could Lose a Key Power to Rein in the Government
Since the formation of the state, the High Court of Justice has been able to block administrative government decisions if it deems them unreasonable. That may end very soon if the Netanyahu government gets its way
Protesters have fought relentlessly for the past seven months against the judicial overhaul plans being advanced by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government, so far successfully blocking the ruling coalition from giving itself the power to override Supreme Court decisions, strike down laws and appoint justices.