Israelis step up protests after Netanyahu rejects compromise

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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s former prime minister on Thursday urged world leaders to shun Israel’s current prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, as he presses ahead with a plan to overhaul the country’s justice system. ”“As close friends of Israel with shared democratic values, we are following this debate very closely, and I cannot hide the fact that we’re following it with great concern,” Scholz said at a news conference alongside Netanyahu. Asked about Netanyahu’s refusal to step down in similar circumstances, Olmert said he had different values than his old rival

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