Violent protests in Israel close hospitals, ground flights and heap pressure on Netanyahu

Occupation of Tel Aviv continues as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delays key speech KieronMonks reports

Protests across the country, which have been ongoing for three months, continued into Monday morning with a gathering in central Tel Aviv. The action followed a nine-hour occupation of the city by tens of thousands of protesters on Sunday night who clashed with police firing water cannons and blocked the main highway and lit bonfires, chanting “the country is on fire”.

“We are all joining hands to shut down the state of Israel,” said Histadrut leader Alon Bar-David, announcing a general strike. “The malls and the factories will close.” Protesters clash with the police during a rally against the Israeli government’s judicial reforms in Tel Aviv, Israel on Monday

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