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Right-wing Israelis rally in support of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, seen in poster, and his government's plans to overhaul the judicial system, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, March 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Netanyahu supporters block highway to support judicial plan

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FILE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a weekly cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem on March 19, 2023. Netanyahu on Wednesday, March 29, rebuffed President Joe Biden's suggestion that the premier “walks away” from a contentious plan to overhaul the legal system, saying the country makes its own decisions. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Israeli PM, Biden exchange frosty words over legal overhaul

By Ilan Ben Zion - Associated Press

Anti government demonstrators block streets and clash with police during a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, March 27, 2023. Netanyahu has delayed his contentious judicial overhaul plan after a wave of mass protests. The Israeli leader said said he wanted "to avoid civil war" by making time to seek a compromise with political opponents. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Israel tensions ease as PM Netanyahu pauses judicial overhaul

By Laurie Kellman - Associated Press

Israelis protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial overhaul plan outside the parliament in Jerusalem, Monday, March 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israeli unions launch strike, upping pressure on Netanyahu

By Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

Israelis opposed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial overhaul plan block a highway during a protest after the Israeli leader fired his defense minister, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, March 27, 2023. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant had called on Netanyahu to freeze the plan, citing deep divisions in the country and turmoil in the military. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Netanyahu moves to ‘avoid civil war,’ delays judicial overhaul plan amid strikes, protests

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Israelis protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial overhaul plan outside the parliament in Jerusalem, Monday, March 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

How Netanyahu judicial plan sparked massive unrest in Israel

By Josef Federman and Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

Israeli police use a water cannon to disperse demonstrators blocking the freeway during a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, March 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israeli group asks court to punish Netanyahu over legal plan

By Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

Israeli police use water cannon to disperse Israelis protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, March 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israeli AG warns Netanyahu defied conflict of interest rule

By Isabel Debre - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, left, welcomes Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Downing Street in London, Friday, March 24, 2023.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Protesters greet Netanyahu as he meets UK leader in London

By Danica Kirka - Associated Press

FILE - Evangelical Christians from various countries march to show their support for Israel in Jerusalem, on Oct. 1, 2015. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Netanyahu said Wednesday, March 22, 2023, he would prevent the passage of a proposal by a powerful coalition ally to punish Christian proselytizing with jail time. The proposal had raised an uproar with evangelical Christians – one of Israel’s strongest and most influential allies in the United States. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)

Inside the contentious fight to outlaw evangelical Christianity in Israel

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

A general view of the West Bank Jewish settlement of Efrat, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. An Israeli watchdog group says that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government has authorized construction bids for over a thousand new homes in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean) **FILE**

Watchdog: Israel promotes bids for 1,000 settlement homes

By Isabel Debre - Associated Press

Evangelical author Joel C. Rosenberg, who also hosts a weekly program on TBN, a Christian network, praised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for blocking an anti-evangelism bill proposed in the country's Knesset, or parliament. (Photo courtesy TBN.)

Netanyahu blocks anti-proselytizing bill after evangelical Christians, others protest

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Israelis protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system in Beit Beit Yanai interchange, Israel as they block the free way Thursday, March 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel passes law protecting Netanyahu as protests continue

By Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

Israelis protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the Israel's judicial system, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, March 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Israelis protest legal overhaul plans for 11th week

Associated Press

A demonstrator waves the Israeli flag seated flanked by paramilitary border police during a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 9, 2023. Israeli protesters are pressing on with demonstrations against a contentious government plan to overhaul the judiciary. The fresh demonstrations Thursday, March 16 come after Netanyahu rejected a compromise proposal that was meant to defuse the crisis. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, file)

Israelis step up protests after Netanyahu rejects compromise

By Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

Israeli women's rights activists dressed as characters in the popular television series, "The Handmaid's Tale," protest plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, March 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israelis protest proposed legal changes for 10th week

Associated Press

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, at right, shakes hands with Saudi National Security Adviser Musaad bin Mohammed al-Aiban, at left, as Wang Yi, China's most senior diplomat, looks on, at center, for a photo during a closed meeting held in Beijing, Saturday, March 11, 2023. Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed Friday to reestablish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies after seven years of tensions. The major diplomatic breakthrough negotiated with China lowers the chance of armed conflict between the Mideast rivals, both directly and in proxy conflicts around the region. (Luo Xiaoguang/Xinhua via AP)

Saudi deal with Iran worries Israel, shakes up Middle East

By Isabel Debre and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Demonstrators wave flags during a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government to overhaul the judicial system, outside the offices of the conservative Kohelet Policy Forum think tank, which is helping spearheaded the overhaul to Israel's judiciary, in Jerusalem, Thursday, March 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Netanyahu airlifted to airport after protesters block road

By Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, chairs the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, Sunday March 5, 2023. (Gil Cohen-Magen/Pool via AP)

Israeli lawmakers advance bill on $270,000 gift to Netanyahu

By Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

Palestinian journalists run away from tear gas fired by Israeli soldiers towards Palestinians after they attack Israeli cars in the West Bank town of Hawara, Friday, March 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Netanyahu: Remarks to erase Palestinian town ‘inappropriate’

By Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press