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The strike by the Histadrut umbrella group, which represents nearly 800,000 workers in health, transit and banking, among many other fields, could paralyse large parts of Israel's economy

Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to overhaul judicial system have attracted weeks of demonstrations

Reports indicate PM Netanyahu will halt his plans, after weeks of protest and the sacking of his defence minister.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to halt his bitterly contested judicial overhaul, after the sacking of his defence chief over the plan sparked mass protests.

The overhaul has in the past 3 months led to an unprecedented political and social crisis in Israel, and destabalized its economy.

More than 70,000 workers in key sectors such as health and banking walk out

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition plunged into chaos on Monday, after mass overnight protests over the sacking of his defense chief piled pressure on the government to halt its bitterly contested plans to overhaul the judiciary. Netanyahu had been expected to make a televised statement on Monday morning announcing…

Tens of thousands of Israelis poured into the streets of cities to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu firing his defense minister for challenging the Israeli leader's judicial overhaul plan.

(This March 27 story has been corrected to add the locations of casualties in paragraph 19)