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By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s president warned on Sunday that the country faced a constitutional crisis over a contested plan to rein in the judiciary and said he was mediating between parties. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, now in his sixth term, wants to put controls on the Supreme Court, which members of his religious-nationalist coalition accuse of overreach and elitism. Proposed legislation would limit High Court rulings against government moves or Knesset parliament laws, while increasing politicians’ sway over the selection of judges. Critics of the Supreme Court, p…