Israeli Knesset Passes First Judicial Reform Bill into Law

Peta Jones Pellach reports on the passing of the first bill in the government's legislative overhaul.

Protestors raise their hands in a show of no violence during an anti-judicial overhaul demonstration in Jerusalem. Israel's parliament approved the first major law in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's contentious plan to overhaul the country's justice system, triggering a new burst of mass protests and drawing accusations that he was pushing the country toward authoritarian rule. (Photo by Eyal Warshavsky / SOPA Images/Sipa USA) Credit: SOPA Images/Sipa USA/AAP Image

The Knesset approved Monday the proposed reasonableness bill by a majority of 64 to 0, after opposition members boycotted the vote and walked out of the Knesset plenum in protest. Peta Jones Pellach reports from Jerusalem.