Israeli justice minister backs any Netanyahu decision on judicial overhaul

Israel's justice minister said on Monday he would respect any decision Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes about the future of a bitterly contested judicial overhaul, adding that lack of unity in the government could bring it down.

"A situation in which everyone does as they wish is liable to bring about the instant fall of the government and collapse of the (ruling party) Likud," Yariv Levin said in a statement. "We must all strive to stabilise the government and coalition."