Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets across Israel after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired his defence minister Yoav Gallant. Gallant had spoken out against controversial plans to overhaul the justice system.
However, in Jerusalem, police and soldiers used water cannons against demonstrators near Mr Netanyahu’s house. After protesting outside Mr Netanyahu’s home, the demonstrators, many flying Israeli flags and banging pots and pans, then evaded police forces to arrive at Israel’s parliament, the Knesset.
Netanyahu says the reforms are designed to stop the courts over-reaching their powers and that they were voted for by the public at the last election.
