Israel protests: doctors strike, army reservists ask to stand down amid fury over judiciary changes

Riot police tries to clear demonstrators with a water cannon during a protest against plans by Netanyahu’s government to overhaul the judicial system, in Tel Aviv.

Netanyahu promised “In the future he will do things differently and look for a measure consensus”. Yes,at one and the same time he passed a Bill to form a Specialist Domestic National Guard to deal with domestic situations just like this, and in particular any Israeli or Palestinian protest. A specialist SS force, is his wants rather than an ineffective police force. Doesn’t it remind you of another place and another time in history where a force of head kickers was established?

Key points Prime Minister Netanyahu faces his biggest domestic crisis. Medics are on strike, and all-black ads cover newspapers. Two reservists have been punished for not heeding the training call-up. An officer has warned that absent reservists could damage military readiness. Netanyahu says he will seek political consensus in the future. Advertisement Jerusalem: Israeli doctors declared a strike and more army reservists have asked to halt service in a public backlash over the hard-right government’s ratification of the first stage of a judicial overhaul that critics say endangers democracy.

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