but now is deploying a warship there for first time since the latest conflict began. iran s warship entering the red sea this weekend, according to the semiofficial news agency. it comes as the u.s. navy is confronting the iran-backed militants, the yemen-based houthis. american helicopters repelling an attack, killing ten houthi fighters and sinking three of their ships. raising the stakes in a region already reeling from war. and now israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu has just taken a direct hit. the country s supreme court shot down his signature legislation, a law designed to limit the court s own power. months before the war, netanyahu s judicial overhaul bill had divided israel and inspired weeks of often violent protests. and a significant announcement from israel, pulling back thousands of troops from gaza, the biggest withdrawal since the war began after hamas terror attacks inside israel on october 7th, which killed 1200 people
canon to try to disperse them. we want to go to elliot live from tel aviv. good to see you, elliot. israeli lawmakers set to vote in the coming hours on this first part of the judicial overhaul bill. what is expected to be the outcome of this? assuming the votes go ahead, the controlling coalition, assuming the votes go ahead, they have 64 out of 120 seats in the knesset parliament. the vote could get passed by the governing coalition. first of all, there s a huge amount of pressure to find a compromise. president herzog went straight to the hospital to visit benjamin netanyahu. you say he was discharged this morning.
for more, let s go to elliot godkin. he joins us live from tel aviv. good to see you, elliot. israeli lawmakers are set to vote today on the first part of the judicial overhaul bill. what is expected to be on this. just to remind you, this is part of the judicial overhaul is to do with reasonableness. the government is trying to pass a law, to prevent the supreme court to vote on them if they are reasonable or unreasonable. if the votes go ahead, the government, the governing coalition, with 64 of 120 seats will get this bill passed. it seems unlikely it would not be able to do so. will the volt take place? there s a lot of pressure to
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not to let up. as they continue to fight against this judicial overhaul bill which has happened. it is already being appealed not just by the opposition, but by other groups who want essentially the supreme court to say that that bill needs to be null and void. now if that does happen, then you do have a major constitutional crisis here in this country. which doesn t have a written constitution at all. if that happens, because, of course, the crux of the laws now under consideration, the first court has been waived today, is to curtail the powers of the supreme court and that is what these people are fighting against as you mentioned. they are saying that the supreme court really is only real check on power of the government here. and ironically this now goes to the supreme court. to decide here. and we don t know what is going to happen after they do. fred, just a few days ago i spoke with isaac herzog where he met with president biden and spoke before a joint session of