Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the judiciary is facing mounting opposition. The country’s ceremonial president on Monday urged for an immediate halt to the legal changes, universities countrywide shut their doors in protest and trade unions were expected to call for a general strike. The overhaul has sparked one of Israel’s gravest domestic crises, drawing widespread opposition from business leaders, legal officials and even the country’s military. Tens of thousands of people burst into the streets around the country overnight in a spontaneous show of anger at Netanyahu’s decision to fire his defense minister after he called for a pause to the overhaul.
