Nineteen arrested as protests spread to military while opposition pledges to challenge changes
Israel removes supreme court power to oppose government action with law criticised as threat to democracyThe amendment is part of broader judicial changes the government announced in January, soon after it was sworn in, which it says are needed to push back against what it describes as an overreach by a supreme court that it says has become too politically interventionist.
Mr Netanyahu, in televised remarks after sundown as the protests raged, said he would seek dialogue with the opposition with the aim of reaching an all-inclusive agreement by the end of November. Protesters who had converged on Jerusalem blocked a highway near parliament and were cleared by police dragging them across the asphalt and using water cannons, including one that sprayed a foul-smelling substance.
Outside the city, a driver rammed into a small crowd that was blocking a road, lightly wounding three people, police said, adding that the car's owner was later arrested.
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