MK identity vote tests judge selection panel overhaul talks.

Lawmakers in Israel will vote on Wednesday to select two colleagues to sit on the country's judicial appointments panel, in an election seen as a test for ongoing efforts to find a compromise on remaking the judiciary. The coalition and opposition have openly sparred over the two lawmaker spots on the nine-member Judicial Selection Committee, traditionally split between the two sides of the aisle. The vote is also causing ripples within each side's ranks, with the opposition united behind Yesh Atid MK Karine Elharrar as its candidate, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud promised a seat to far-right Otzma Yehudit in its December deal to form the coalition.