![]() The opposition has demanded the coalition halt the bill’s progress during negotiations, but the government has refused, nixing any potential talks. “I pledge to each and every citizen of Israel that I will never refrain from making every effort to reach dialogue and understandings,” he says. Justice Minister Yariv Levin says he “commits” to engage in dialogue about the judicial overhaul, but that “nothing will dissuade me from doing the right thing, and executing a reform to the judicial system.” Justice Minister Yariv Levin at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on Febru(Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Otzma Yehudit party leader Itamar Ben Gvir says “the majority is happy.” “What you vote for is what you get,” Smotrich says. Religious Zionism leader Bezalel Smotrich tweets a picture of his party members holding campaign posters that say “law and justice.” Tomorrow morning we continue the struggle.” National Unity party chief Benny Gantz, a key figure in the opposition, says, “A black night for democracy. ![]() For the damage to democracy, for the damage to the economy, for the damage to security, for you tearing apart the nation of Israel and that you just don’t care.” Opposition leader Yair Lapid says, “Coalition members - history will judge you for tonight. “A great night and a great day,” Netanyahu says on Twitter. Passing the bills in their first reading marks a major milestone in the coalition’s contentious plan to subvert the judiciary to the governing coalition. The bills need to return to committee for revisions, then go through two more Knesset readings before becoming law. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu celebrates the coalition’s success passing the first bills in its judicial overhaul in their first Knesset reading. A discussion on the government's judicial overhaul plans in the assembly hall of the Knesset in Jerusalem, on February 20, 2023.
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