The Times of Israel is liveblogging Monday’s events as they happen.
Tel Aviv’s Ayalon Highway reopens, a number of hours after it was eventually cleared of protesters.
Items such as benches and tents had to be removed from the thoroughfare, and the surface needed to be checked for damage.
Demonstrators blocked both directions of the Ayalon Highway and lit bonfires on the road into the early hours of the morning.
Water cannons were fired by police as mounted officers moved in to disperse the demonstrators.
An unconfirmed Channel 12 report said 600,000-700,000 Israelis were demonstrating late Sunday across the country, with protests reported from Kiryat Shmona in the north to Eilat in the south.
The head of the Histadrut labor federation was due to give a press conference later Monday, amid growing calls for a strike following the firing of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant after speaking out against the government’s judicial overhaul.
The Histadrut said Arnon Bar-David would give a “special” statement alongside business chiefs and union leaders, without detailing what he will announce.
Several Hebrew media reports said he was expected to declare a strike.
Video from protests along the Ayalon Highway overnight showed Bar-David chanting “strike” with protesters.
The press conference was announced after Bar-David met with business leaders for what was billed as an emergency meeting. A clip from the end of the meeting showed participants standing and applauding.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is widely expected to make an announcement this morning after hundreds of thousands of protesters poured into the streets across the country after he fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
Netanyahu has been in meetings with political allies for most of the night, according to Hebrew-language media reports.
There has been no formal confirmation that the premier will speak.
After a night of spontaneous mass protests nationwide, President Isaac Herzog says in a statement that the government must “stop the legislative process immediately.”
“The entire nation is deeply concerned. Security, the economy, society – all are threatened,” Herzog says.
“The eyes of all the people of Israel are on you. The eyes of the entire Jewish people are on you. The eyes of the whole world are on you,” he says.
Demonstrators streamed into the streets last night after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, after the latter said the judicial overhaul was endangering state security.
“For the sake of unity with the people of Israel, for the sake of the responsibility that is owed, I call on you to stop the legislative process immediately,” Herzog says.
“This is not a political moment, this is a moment for leadership and responsibility,” Herzog says.
Earlier this month, Herzog issued a proposal for a broadly agreed-upon judicial overhaul. The plan was cautiously accepted by opposition leaders, but immediately rejected by the coalition.
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The Times of Israel is liveblogging Monday’s events as they happen.
Tel Aviv’s Ayalon Highway reopens, a number of hours after it was eventually cleared of protesters.
Items such as benches and tents had to be removed from the thoroughfare, and the surface needed to be checked for damage.
Demonstrators blocked both directions of the Ayalon Highway and lit bonfires on the road into the early hours of the morning.
Water cannons were fired by police as mounted officers moved in to disperse the demonstrators.
An unconfirmed Channel 12 report said 600,000-700,000 Israelis were demonstrating late Sunday across the country, with protests reported from Kiryat Shmona in the north to Eilat in the south.
The head of the Histadrut labor federation was due to give a press conference later Monday, amid growing calls for a strike following the firing of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant after speaking out against the government’s judicial overhaul.
The Histadrut said Arnon Bar-David would give a “special” statement alongside business chiefs and union........
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