"Netanyahu's Coalition Plans to Revamp Judicial Selection Panel and Halt Overhaul"

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has indicated that his government will proceed with changing the composition of the Judicial Selection Committee, a key part of the controversial judicial overhaul plan, and then halt further reforms. Netanyahu defended the need for balance between the government and the judiciary, stating that Israel's Supreme Court is "perhaps the most activist judicial court on the planet." The proposed changes would give the government near-absolute control over judicial appointments. The opposition has criticized Netanyahu's comments as "yet another display of weakness and lies." The High Court is set to hear petitions against the recently passed "reasonableness" law on September 12.