Israel's president appealed for national unity as the country marked the beginning of Holocaust Remembrance Day on Monday after months of mass protests that have roiled the nation.
Yom Hashoah, the day Israel observes as a memorial for the 6 million Jews killed by Nazi Germany and its allies in the Holocaust, is one of the most solemn dates on the country's calendar.
Speaking at the ceremony, President Isaac Herzog called on participants in the more than three months of weekly protests against the government's plan to overhaul the judiciary to lay their differences aside during the coming week of national mourning. Israel marks the 75th anniversary of its independence next week, a day after the country's Memorial Day.
Opponents say the constellation of bills would destroy a system of checks and balances by concentrating power in the hands of Netanyahu and his allies in parliament.
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