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Added on the 19/02/2023 12:02:44 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Demonstrators have rallied for five weeks in a row to voice their discontent with the judicial reforms proposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government. Netanyahu faces a trial on corruption charges. While he denies any wrongdoing, his opponents say the reforms are personally motivated.
Plans for a controversial justice reform in Israel have been put on hold -- at least for now. That brings a tentative break to one of the biggest internal crises in Israeli history. After months of protests that brought hundreds of thouands to the streets -- AND criticism from within his own party, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finally suspended his judicial overhaul -- at least until Parliament returns next month. FRANCE 24's Jerusalem correspondent Irris Makler explains.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday sacked Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, triggering mass protests, a day after Gallant broke ranks with the government and urged a halt to a highly contested plan to overhaul the judicial system. As news of the dismissal spread, tens of thousands of protesters, many waving blue and white Israeli flags, took to the streets late at night across the country.
The strike by the Histadrut umbrella group, which represents more than 700,000 workers in health, transit and banking, among many other fields, could paralyze large parts of Israel's economy, which is already on shaky ground, ratcheting up the pressure on Netanyahu to suspend the overhaul.
Thousands of demonstrators wave Israeli and rainbow flags as they march against the judicial reform plans of the hard-right government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. IMAGES
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