A powerful partner in the government of the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, He said on Monday that the judicial reform carried out by the Executive has been delayed by at least several weeks.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir says he has agreed to delay the legislation until parliament meets for its summer session on April 30.
There was no immediate confirmation from Netanyahu. If confirmed, the measure comes amid a massive wave of protests and a nationwide strike, which left several flights stranded at Ben Gurion Airport on Monday.
In a statement, Ben-Gvir said the interim period will allow time for reach a compromise agreement with the political opposition.
But he said if no deal is reached, the package will be approved in the summer session.
Ben-Gvir was one of the main defenders of the reformand his statement could pave the way for Netanyahu to announce a postponement.
Demonstrations and national strike
Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated outside parliament and workers launched a nationwide strike on Monday a dramatic escalation of the mass protest movement meant to stop Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to reform the judicial system.
The chaos has shut down much of the country and threatened to cripple the economy. Flights departing from the main international airport they were left on the ground. Large chains of shopping malls and universities they closed their doorsand Israel’s largest union has called on its 800,000 members to stop working in healthcare, transportation, banking and other sectors.
Diplomats quit their foreign mission jobs and local governments were expected to close nursery schools and cut other services. The main doctors’ union announced that its members would also go on strike.
The growing resistance to Netanyahu’s plan came hours after tens of thousands of people took to the streets across the country in a spontaneous outburst of anger over the prime minister’s decision to sack his defense minister after he asked for a break. in the reforms.
Singing “the country is on fire” they lit bonfires on Tel Aviv’s main road, closing the road and many others across the country for hours.
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Source: Clarin
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