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calls have also been backed by the president, isaac hertzog, who said they should be halted immediately. prime minister netanyahu tweeted in the last hour calling for people to act peacefully in protest and that israel is a country of unity and protesters should respect that. no word from him yet whether he is going to back down on these controversial reforms but he has already lost his defence minister over them who said that it was becoming a threat to national security and the risk for him is that he tries to bring this out he will find that his coalition can t survive. the northern hemisphere spring is well and truly under way as these pictures from washington show. the cherry trees at the tidal basin are in full blossom even attracting some early insects in search of pollen. these paticular trees around 3000 of them were given as a friendship gift from japan in 1912 where cherry blossom festivals are a popular part of the calendar.