Judicial-overhaul plan tears Israel asunder.

While on trial for corruption charges that he denies, Netanyahu has endeavored to pass legislation that would weaken Israel's judiciary. So radical that he was not allowed to serve in the Israeli military, Ben-Gvir, whom Netanyahu named National Security Minister, said he agreed to delay the vote in exchange for the possibility of creating a national guard that would report directly to him. FIVE TIMES IN LESS THAN FOUR years, Israelis voted in elections that doubled as referendums on one man: Benjamin Netanyahu has served as Prime Minister even longer than David Ben-Gurion, under whose 15-year tenure Israel was established as a state. [Extracted from the article]