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Line 74: From January to October 2023, large-scale protests took place across [[Israel]] in response to the government's push for a [[2023 Israeli judicial reform\|wide-ranging judicial reform]]. The proposed reform aimed to give the government full control of the [[Supreme Court of Israel\|Supreme Court]] or court decisions through various ways.<ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Segev \|first=Joshua \|date=2024-03-01 \|title=The 2023 Judicial Reform That Wasn't: From Non-decision Constitution-Making to Decision and Back \|url=http://berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/israel-studies-review/39/1/isr390103.xml \|journal=Israel Studies Review \|volume=39 \|issue=1 \|pages=39 \|doi=10.3167/isr.2024.390103 \|issn=2159-0370}}</ref> the government also attempted to dismantle the [[Israel Bar Association]] and change the makeup of the [[Judicial Selection Committee (Israel)\|Judicial Selection Committee]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web \|title=להיכן הגיעה ההפיכה המשטרית? תמונת מצב של בליץ החקיקה \|url=https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/politi/2023-03-07/ty-article-magazine/00000186-b118-d12c-a3af-b7fac2090000 \|website=[[Haaretz]]}}</ref> [[Itamar Ben-~~Gvir\|Itamar Ben~~ Gvir]] have attempted to take control of the [[Department of Police Investigations]] (Mahash) and [[Israeli Police]] as well, with different laws.<ref name=":10" /> [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] effectively passed "fortification law", which prevents the supreme court from ever [[Impeachment\|impeaching]] him.<ref name=":10" /><ref>{{Cite web \|date=2023-03-02 \|title=‘Deri Law 2,’ ‘Fortification Law’ prepared for first reading \|url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-733246 \|access-date=2024-06-28 \|website=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com \|language=en}}</ref> this caused outrage, as protestors called it "judicial coup"<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Yachot \|first=Noa \|date=2023-09-22 \|title=Thousands in New York City protest Israel’s judicial overhaul as Netanyahu addresses UN \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/22/israel-netanyahu-new-york-protest-judicial-overhaul \|access-date=2024-06-28 \|work=The Guardian \|language=en-GB \|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> and rallied with the saying "Democracy or [[Revolution]]".<ref>{{Cite web \|title='Democracy or Revolution': Hundreds of Thousands of Israelis Express Themselves at Protests \|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-03-05/ty-article-magazine/.premium/this-shall-not-pass-israelis-take-to-the-streets-for-9th-week-as-protest-movement-grows/00000186-b1be-d3d5-a7e7-bbbf099b0000 \|website=[[Haaretz]]}}</ref> The protests were effective in delaying the reform,<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Israel government to delay disputed judiciary bill amid mass protests \|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-president-urges-halt-judicial-overhaul-after-protests-2023-03-27/ \|website=Reuters}}</ref> and the coalition lost 11 seats according to polls.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=סקר ערוץ 13: הקואליציה עם 53 מנדטים, גנץ ממשיך להוביל על נתניהו \|url=https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/politi/2023-09-13/ty-article/0000018a-8fe1-d077-a7da-efeb03070000 \|website=[[Haaretz]]}}</ref> In July 2023, the [[Knesset]] passed the law to abolish the Supreme Court's ability to review government actions on grounds of reasonableness despite protests, but it was too cancelled by the Supreme Court on 1st January 2024.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=i24NEWS \|url=https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/politics/1704126904-israel-high-court-strikes-down-law-repealing-the-reasonableness-standard-a-key-plank-of-the-govt-s-judicial-reform \|access-date=2024-06-28 \|website=www.i24news.tv}}</ref>

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