In photos: Mass protests erupt in Israel amid Netanyahu's judicial reforms
For weeks, protesters have taken to the streets to oppose the government’s plan to overhaul judicial rules. The discontent intensified Monday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired a minister who had criticized the plan for causing turmoil within the military. Universities shuttered in protest, and union leaders are hinting of a general strike that threatens to paralyze the nation. The fallout is also stretching beyond Israel’s borders, causing unease among investors, influential American Jews and Israel’s foreign allies, including the United States.
Demonstrators come out in support for Israel's nationalist coalition government and its plans for a judicial overhaul, in Jerusalem.RONEN ZVULUN
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, stands on the floor of the Knesset, the country's parliament, during a vote as people mass outside to protest his government's plan to overhaul the judicial system, in Jerusalem.Maya Alleruzzo/The Associated Press
A driver tries to remove barrier placed by protesters against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial overhaul plan outside the parliament in Tel Aviv,Israel.Ariel Schalit
Police block protesters from joining a demonstration outside the Knesset in Jerusalem.AVISHAG SHAAR-YASHUV/The New York Times News Service
Protesters attend a demonstration after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed the defense minister and his nationalist coalition government presses on with its judicial overhaul, in Jerusalem.AMMAR AWAD/Reuters
Protesters gather outside the Knesset in Jerusalem.AVISHAG SHAAR-YASHUV/The New York Times News Service
An aerial view shows protesters attending a demonstration after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed the defense minister and his nationalist coalition government presses on with its judicial overhaul, in Jerusalem.STRINGER/Reuters
People attend a demonstration after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed the defense minister as his nationalist coalition government presses on with its judicial overhaul, in Jerusalem.AMMAR AWAD/Reuters
Protesters gather outside Israel's parliament in Jerusalem.AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP/Getty Images
Mounted police move in on protesters blocking a highway in Tel Aviv.AMIT ALKAYAM/The New York Times News Service
Women dressed as handmaidens from "The Handmaid's Tale" attend a demonstration in Jerusalem.AMMAR AWAD/Reuters
Israel's opposition leader Benny Gantz addresses protesters at a demonstration after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed the defense minister as his nationalist coalition government presses on with its judicial overhaul, in Jerusalem.AMMAR AWAD
Israelis scuffles with police during a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial overhaul plan outside the parliament in Jerusalem.Ariel Schalit/The Associated Press
Israelis fight with police during a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial overhaul plan outside the parliament in Jerusalem.Ariel Schalit/The Associated Press
Protesters shout slogans outside Israel's parliament in Jerusalem amid ongoing demonstrations and calls for a general strike against the hard-right government's controversial push to overhaul the justice system.HAZEM BADER/AFP/Getty Images
Passengers wait for their flights during a strike at departures hall in Ben Gurion International airport near Tel Aviv.GIL COHEN-MAGEN/AFP/Getty Images
A protester holds a sign depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Deputy Prime Minister Yariv Levin with the words "Yariv and the destroyer" during a demonstration in Jerusalem.AMMAR AWAD/Reuters
Security restrains a protector who broke into parliament in Jerusalem.Maya Alerruzzo/The Associated Press
Former Defense Minister Benny Gantz, center, arrives to join protesters outside the Knesset in Jerusalem.AVISHAG SHAAR-YASHUV/The New York Times News Service
Israelis protest during a demonstration after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed the defense minister and his nationalist coalition government presses on with its judicial overhaul, in Jerusalem.STRINGER/Reuters