Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the changes - which would curb the power of courts - will restore balance between the branches of government. It comes amid predictions of a possible constitutional crisis, involving Israel's civil service and security forces being unable to take orders from the government, if no compromise is reached on the planned reforms, says the BBC's Tom Bateman in Jerusalem. Critics say the planned reforms, which are already making their way through parliament, will politicise the judiciary and could lead to an authoritarian government