Israel What might be possible reasons for legal changes to the Israeli Supreme Court?

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They said on NPR that the current government wants to restrict the power of the supreme court in such that they can vote not to follow the rulings of the court, if it does not suit them.
The current court is set up to be very similar to the US supreme court, which is a fully Independent branch of government.  The current Israeli government wants to eliminate this independence.