Key Israeli judicial bill green-lit for possible ratification on Monday

An Israeli parliament review panel on Monday approved for possible ratification a key bill in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's contested judicial overhaul, parliamentary television showed.

During a stormy Knesset Constitution Committee session on the bill that would give the religious-nationalist coalition more control over appointments of judges, an opposition lawmaker draped an Israeli flag on the chairman in protest. 

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