CONTROVERSIAL JUDICIAL REFORM: ‘Don’t read the news, read the bill’

Amid a racket at the Knesset by opposition members late Monday night ahead of a vote on judicial reform, MK Simcha Rothman, chairman of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, pleads with observers of the political scene to read the actual bill.

After the first sentence, he switches from Hebrew to English, appealing to people around the world.