Nine straight weeks of protests have been held by opponents of the reform plans, which would give politicians greater power over the courts. They have drawn tens of thousands of demonstrators who regard them as a threat to democracy.
JABA - Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin was due in Israel Thursday as flaring violence killed three suspected Palestinian militants and protesters again rallied against the hard-right government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Palestinian health ministry announced the "martyrdom" of three men shot by Israeli forces in Jaba, near the flashpoint northern city of Jenin. Israeli police said special forces accompanied by soldiers had been in Jaba to arrest suspects involved in shooting attacks against soldiers in the area, including Fakhoury and Fashafsha. It said the pair were operatives of militant group Islamic Jihad.
A senior US defence official said Israeli officials had "concerns about planned protests near the ministry of defence headquarters" in Tel Aviv. In Tel Aviv, protesters on foot blocked a major thoroughfare near the defence ministry, another AFP photographer reported. UN Middle East peace envoy Tor Wennesland called on both Israel and the Palestinians Wednesday "to observe calm and restraint", saying the "cycle of violence... must be stopped immediately."
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