Embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Monday that he would temporarily freeze his controversial judicial overhaul plans to seek a compromise following unprecedented demonstrations and a general strike that paralysed the Jewish nation.
Protesters in Tel Aviv blocked a main highway and lit large bonfires, while police scuffled with protesters who gathered outside Netanyahu's private home in Jerusalem.
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The Israeli prime minister fired his defense minister after the former army general called for a halt to a planned judicial overhaul that has divided the.
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