Netanyahu’s U-turn sparked a reaction: People took to the streets

Hundreds of Israelis gathered in the cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa to protest Prime Minister Netanyahu blaming the opposition for the latest terrorist incidents at last night’s press conference.

There was a confrontation between the police and the groups that closed the Ayalon Highway, one of the main arteries of Tel Aviv, to traffic.

In footage circulating on social media, one of the protesters asked the police: “What did you do at Masjid al-Aqsa?” The slogan was chanted.

While the Haaretz newspaper wrote that 8 protesters were detained, the police said in a statement that two people were detained during the demonstration in Tel Aviv.

During the intervention against the demonstration, which the police declared illegal, the demonstrators continued their protests, saying that “there is no such thing as an illegal demonstration.”

WILL FOLLOW THE PATH WITH THE MINISTER WHO HAS BEEN DISMISSED

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced last night that his previously ousted Defense Minister Yoav Gallant would continue in office, in a statement he made at the Israeli military headquarters in Tel Aviv on the controversial judicial regulation and the latest security situation in the country.

Netanyahu said that Israel is facing a wave of terror and many incidents occurred during the previous government.

JUDICIAL REFORM DEBATE TO GET TO THE ASSEMBLY IN MAY

The “judicial reform” announced by Israel’s Justice Minister Yariv Levin on January 5 includes regulations limiting the powers of the Supreme Court and allowing the government a say in judicial appointments.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on March 27 that he was postponing the judicial regulation, sparking mass protests and strikes across the country.

Despite the postponement decision, the Netanyahu government, which did not back down, said it would bring the controversial regulation back to Parliament in early May. (AA)