Israel supreme court strikes down Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul law

Court overturns law preventing judges from quashing government decisions they deem unreasonable

Israel's supreme court has overturned a law at the heart of Benjamin Netanyahu's controversial judicial overhaul project, potentially plunging the country into political crisis as it fights a war in Gaza and faces the spectre of regional escalation.

The judges ruled on Monday by a slim majority of eight to seven to throw out a law that curtailed the court's own powers, saying it would severely damage Israel's democracy.