Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial plans to weaken Israel’s judiciary will be put on hold after widespread strikes and protests drove the country to a standstill, the party of National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir announced Monday.
The legislation will be paused until the next legislative term, after the Passover recess in April, Gvir’s Jewish Power party said in a statement.
Netanyahu himself has not commented on a delay. A nationwide strike Monday saw workers in virtually every major sector walk out, and protests clogged streets and rammed city centers across Israel demanding an end to the bill.
Gvir insisted Monday that the judicial overhaul legislation would still come to a vote in parliament’s summer term.
He added that he had “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s commitment that the legislation will be brought to the Knesset for approval in the next session if no agreements are reached during the recess.”
The Knesset’s summer sitting runs April 30 to July 30.
