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Boycotted the vote and the proposals have triggered some of the largest protests in israel s history. police have been using water cannons and battling protesters on the street enterjerusalem. one of the leaders of the protest movement and other demonstrators have been arrested near the knesset building. let s get the latest from tom bateman who is there injerusalem. just give us a sense of what it is like where you are after news filtered down from what has happened in the knesset building? yes, we are very close to the knesset here and when the advert came through early than expected, the response from these protesters was to fan out and spread out to as manyjunctions as possible. now, we are having some reports from the ....
Other demonstrators, were arrested near the knesset building. straight to jerusalem tom bateman is there for us now. to paul adams. paul, just take stock of what we have seen there, because a really important moment in israeli politics. it because a really important moment in israeli politics. israeli politics. it is, matthew. i don t know israeli politics. it is, matthew. i don t know if israeli politics. it is, matthew. i don t know if you israeli politics. it is, matthew. i don t know if you came - israeli politics. it is, matthew. i don t know if you came here, i israeli politics. it is, matthew. i. don t know if you came here, but there is still the sound of protests echoing across the valley here, the knesset is just a little distance away behind me, the supreme court is just across the way here, and all day, protesters have been swarming around the area trying to make their voices heard. as i breathe now, i can smell the skunk water, was the israeli police have been us ....
Through after the collapse of compromise talks, brokered by the country s president. 0ppositon parties boycotted the vote. the proposals have triggered some of the largest protests in israeli history. police using water cannon, have been battling protesters on the streets ofjerusalem. one of the leaders of the protest movement, and several other demonstrators, were arrested near the knesset building. 0ur middle east correspondent tom bateman has more from jerusalem. we are very close to the knesset here and when that vote came from earlier than expected, the response from these protesters was to fan out and spread out to as manyjunctions, road junctions as possible around the parliamentary building. we are having some reports that one of the main north to south highways in jerusalem has been blocked and we have seen some pretty violent scenes throughout the course of today as roads have been blocked, protesters ....
Movement, moshe radman, and several other demonstrators were arrested near the knesset building. that is where you can see those protests taking place at the moment. with me now is the israeli philosopher yuval noah harari, author of sapiens: a brief history of humankind and 21 lessons for the 21st century. thank you for taking the time to talk to us. what is it about this bill that you object to?- talk to us. what is it about this bill that you object to? bill that you ob ect to? well, it is very simple. bill that you object to? well, it is very simple. the bill that you object to? well, it is very simple. the question - bill that you object to? well, it is very simple. the question is - bill that you object to? well, it is| very simple. the question is what limits the power of the government? in israel there isjust a single check on the power of the government and this is the supreme court. now they are trying to remove this check on their power. if they succeed, the israeli gove ....