PM Benjamin Netanyahu Addresses the Nation on Judicial Reform
(Worthy News) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the nation Thursday night following a day in which protesters — anarchists among them — disrupted the lives of hundreds of thousands of Israelis in their zeal to oppose the government’s planned judicial reforms.
Speaking from the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, Netanyahu declared that the “opponents of the judicial reforms are not traitors, and its supporters are not fascists.”
However: “In order to prevent a rift in our nation, each side must take seriously the claims and concerns of the other,” Netanyahu said. [ Source: Jewish Press (Read More…) ]
Thousands of Israelis Block Streets in Protest of Judicial Overhaul
Israelis took to the streets en masse on Thursday in protest against the government’s overhaul of the court system, blocking roadways across the country and intensifying a months-long campaign decrying the move.
Thousands of people waving flags and blaring horns marched on a Tel Aviv thoroughfare stopping traffic in the middle of the workday. Police sprayed a water cannon and carried some away as they tried to clear the highway.
A small group burned tires in the street outside a seaport, briefly blocking trucks. Police forced demonstrators from the road in front of a conference center in central Israel. [ Source: Algemeiner (Read More…) ]