The hard-right government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced more protests and calls for a general strike Monday against its controversial push to overhaul the justice system ECRNewsWatch
Netanyahu was due to address the nation later Monday, a day after sacking his defence minister who had broken ranks over the divisive issue, and after President Isaac Herzog again urged an immediate stop to the reform push.
"I am calling a general strike," Histadrut chairman Arnon Bar-David said in a televised address."We have a mission to stop this legislative process and we will do it," he added, vowing to"continue to fight". The nationwide walkout was called hours after Herzog pressed for an immediate halt to the judicial programme, following demonstrations in Tel Aviv overnight.
The White House noted that President Joe Biden recently told Netanyahu that"democratic values have always been, and must remain, a hallmark of the US-Israel relationship". Moments after Netanyahu sacked Gallant, demonstrators waving national flags seized a central highway in the coastal city of Tel Aviv. They blocked traffic and burned tyres, while some threw metal barricades and police deployed water cannon.
"We are calling on the government to stop this mad reform," the 57-year-old high-tech worker told AFP."This reform... is completely crazy, and Israel has become a very dangerous place to be in at the moment," said Galor, 52, holding an Israeli flag.Gallant, a former general, was appointed in December as part of Netanyahu's coalition with extreme-right and ultra-Orthodox allies.
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