The Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu was released from the hospital today after an emergency cardiac procedure, hours ahead of a vote on legislation to reshape the country’s judicial system.
The Sheba Medical Centre near Tel Aviv admitted Netanyahu late on Saturday after doctors said a monitor had detected an irregular heart rhythm,
Medics said the following day that an operation to fit a pacemaker had gone smoothly and Netanyahu said he would attend Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, for the vote today.
The vote in parliament is expected to approve the first major package of legislation in the controversial reforms, that would limit the Supreme Court’s ability to strike down government decisions that the judges deem unreasonable.
Protesters have gathered near parliament in the hours leading up to the vote, with some of them having camped there as a show of opposition to the proposal.
