Israel ratifies a law limiting the circumstances in which a prime minister can be removed, despite worries voiced by a government jurist that it may be meant to shield the incumbent Netanyahu from any fallout from his corruption trials
According to the Israel Democracy Institute, the rule had earlier left Netanyahu vulnerable to a possible assertion of his incapacity.
The amended definition for the "incapacity" of national leaders is among legislative measures by the religious-nationalist coalition that have tipped Israel into crisis, with the opposition arguing that judicial independence is in peril. The stipulations fleshed out a quasi-constitutional "basic law" that provides the government with guidance in the event of a non-functioning prime minister - but which previously lacked details on circumstances that may give rise to such situations.
Netanyahu denies all charges against him, and has cast the trials as a politicised bid to force him from office.
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