Thousands take to the streets in Israel to to protest Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial reforms
Measures include a law that prevents a prime minister being declared unfit to hold office
People gesture as police use water cannon as demonstrators block a road in Tel Aviv. Photo: Amir Cohen
Alastair Jamieson© Independent.co.uk
Protesters took to the streets in Israel yesterday against hugely controversial judicial reforms including a law that prevents a prime minister being declared unfit to hold office.
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