Your Monday Briefing: A Major Vote in Israel

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ImageIsraelis protested the judicial overhaul plan outside parliament yesterday. in Israel ahead of key vote

Israeli lawmakers are expected to hold a binding vote today on part of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to overhaul the justice system. It will come after a weekend of protests and unrest, and the issue has become a proxy for a larger emotional and even existential battle over the nature of the Israeli state.

Last night, pro-government protesters held a rally in Tel Aviv, as those opposed to the judicial overhaul gathered in Jerusalem. The day before, a mile-long column of anti-reform protesters had marched toward Jerusalem in scorching heat. Some of the tens of thousands of people who took part marched for days, and some camped outside the parliament building.

Earlier yesterday, Netanyahu was rushed to hospital for emergency surgery to implant a pacemaker. Netanyahu released a video statement saying he would be in parliament today.

Still, talks continued to seek an eleventh-hour compromise on the bill, which seeks to limit the means by which the Supreme Court can overturn government decisions. Netanyahu had an emergency meeting with President Isaac Herzog in a last-minute effort to reach a compromise, according to Herzog's office. “An agreement must be reached,” Herzog said in...