TEL AVIV, March 24 — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged on Thursday to restore unity in Israel where divisions have widened over his government’s judicial reform...
TEL AVIV, March 24 — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged on Thursday to restore unity in Israel where divisions have widened over his government’s judicial reform programme and police fired water cannon at protesters blocking a highway in Tel Aviv.
Netanyahu, in a televised address, said he was determined to advance the reforms but wanted to reach a solution acceptable to both supporters and critics of the proposal.“I will do everything, everything, to bring calm and end division among the people” after months of protest, including objections from high-level officials.
“Anyone who thinks that a genuine civil war, with human lives, is a line that we could never reach, has no idea what they are talking about,” Herzog cautioned. Thousands also rallied in Jerusalem outside Netanyahu’s residence as well as in the northern city of Haifa and southern Beersheba, Israeli media said.
In a call Sunday with Netanyahu, US President Joe Biden voiced support for a “compromise” and stressed the importance of “genuine checks and balances”, the White House said.On Monday, the ruling coalition presented an amended version of a key element of the overhaul, ahead of votes planned before parliament goes into recess next week.
Opponents have accused Netanyahu of trying to use the reforms to quash possible judgements against him, an accusation he rejects.
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