Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks out on divisive judicial overhaul: 'It's a minor correction'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to ABC News' George Stephanopoulos in an interview Thursday on "Good Morning America." LONDON -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that his plan to overhaul his country's judicial system is "a minor correction " to an "activist" court. "It's described as the end of Israeli democracy -- I think that's silly and when the dust settles, everybody will see it," Netanyahu told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos in an interview on "Good Morning America." On Monday, Israeli lawmakers approved the first major piece of legislation in Netanyahu's broader plan to reform the country's judiciary, sparking mass protests in the streets of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. The new law removes the court system's ability to strike down "unreasonable" decisions by the government. Critics of Netanyahu's plan say it pushes Israel away from democr...