Israeli PM Netanyahu says delaying judicial overhaul to reach broad consensus

JERUSALEM, March 27 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he would delay his flagship judicial reform to the next parliamentary session.

"From a will to prevent the rift in the nation, I have decided to delay the second and third reading in order to reach a broad consensus," he said in a prime time televised address delivered after some of the biggest street protests in the country's history.