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BBC OS: 2023/03/27 16:06 GMT: Israel: Protests and strikes over judicial reform

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Israel: Judicial reform legislation delayed

2023/03/27 16:06 GMT

2023/03/27 16:06 GMT: Israel: Protests and strikes over judicial reform

Israel: Protests and strikes over judicial reform

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Protests continue over the far- right government's plans to overhaul the judicial system

Protests continue over the far- right government's plans to overhaul the judicial system.

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.

The demonstrations in Israel have brought together groups from all sectors of the society. We hear from people who have joined the protests. 

A new school year begins in Afghanistan, and our South Asia correspondent has spoken to girls who are among hundreds of thousands teenagers still being denied an education.

(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)

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