Israel: Protests and strikes over judicial reform

Strike action is spreading across Israel as the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, struggles to control the chaos unleashed by his coalition government's plans to overhaul the judicial system.The far-right coalition member party Jewish Power says discussions on the judicial reform will be delayed to next month.

We bring updates from our Middle East experts in the newsroom and from our orrespondents on the ground in Israel.

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(Photo: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) attends a voting session in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem, Israel, 27 March 2023. Credit: ABIR SULTAN/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)