Israeli MPs have passed into law a highly controversial bill despite mass protests which aimed to thwart it.
The government argues that the measures are necessary to correct an imbalance in power which has seen the courts increasingly intervene in political decisions in recent decades.
The law removes the power of the Supreme Court to overrule government actions it considers unreasonable.
Israel’s Justice Minister Yariv Levin however congratulated members of parliament, describing the Bill passage as the first step in a historic process to correct the judicial system.
