Israel passes law protecting Netanyahu from removal amidst judicial protests.

Israel's parliament has passed a law that limits the ways a sitting prime minister can be declared unfit for office, seen by critics as a way to protect Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is facing an ongoing corruption trial. The bill prevents the Supreme Court from considering a request to declare the incapacity of the Prime Minister. Opposition figures have already announced plans to challenge the law in the Supreme Court, calling it a "disgraceful and corrupt personalized law." Netanyahu's new far-right government has charged ahead with controversial plans to overhaul the country's judicial system by undermining the Supreme Court, weakening judicial oversight over policymaking.