Knesset speaker says bill passed by 64-0 after opposition politicians left plenum in protest

Israel’s parliament has voted into law a controversial curb on some supreme court powers submitted by Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, the Knesset speaker has said.

The bill passed by a vote of 64-0, the speaker added, after opposition lawmakers abandoned the Knesset plenum in protest.

  • dangblingus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Huh, I guess living in a dictatorial ethnostate constantly committing genocide against its neighbor has its drawbacks sometimes.