Pressure increased on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to halt his controversial judicial reform plan. Netanyahu ousted a high-level opponent of the plan, sparking intense protests.
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Israeli labor unions launched a nationwide strike, malls and ports were closed and airlines were grounded, as opposition to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the judiciary threatened to impact the nation’s economy.
The chaos came after floods of protestors stormed the streets of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv in response to Netanyahu’s abrupt ousting of his defense minister, who had opposed his controversial judicial reform plan. The plan, driven by the country’s new right-wing government, would weaken the role of the Israeli Supreme Court, and intense opposition has sparked what some analysts say is among the country’s worst crises ever.
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