Israeli PM Netanyahu announces 1-month delay to judicial reform legislation amid mass protests

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday delayed a decision on the bitterly-contested plans for a judicial overhaul amid fears that Israel's worst national crisis in years could fracture his coalition or escalate into violence.

It was unclear how the bill's delay to next month's new parliamentary session — after mass protests and growing labor strikes — will satisfy either side or cool a crisis the army chief said on Monday made "this hour different to any before."

Netanyahu's hard-right coalition partner, Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, said he had agreed to the delay in return for a deal that he could form a National Guard under his ministry — a move opponents fiercely criticize as giving him his own militia.

The government's plan to tighten parliament's control over judicial processes has triggered some of the biggest mass protests in Israeli history, with its opponents calling the move a threat to democracy.

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