Israel PM Netanyahu delays judicial overhaul plan after protests

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that a controversial plan to overhaul the country’s judiciary will be delayed after months of protest and opposition from within his own government.

Netanyahu said on Monday the controversial legislation would be postponed until the next parliamentary session.

“I am not ready to divide the nation in pieces,” he said in an address on Monday.

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