Israel passes new law protecting Netanyahu

The World

Protesters took to the streets today in Israel after the Knesset passed a law limiting the ways a sitting prime minister can be declared unfit for office. Critics of the measure see it as a shield to protect Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from fallout amid an ongoing corruption trial. From Jerusalem, Rabbi Susan Silverman discusses the measure with The World’s host Marco Werman.

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