, all members of netanyahu s own party, suggests halting the controversial reforms. let s now go to journalist elliott godkin. he s in television for us, elliot. it looks like these demonstrations are growing their building. what are the what are the protesters want? they want an end to this judicial overhaul . jim that s what they ve been calling for. for the past three months or so. they ve been protesting and that s what they want even more now that the defense minister has lost his job because he became the first minister to come out. from this government to call for a pause in this judicial overhaul. and as you say other ministers are also saying that they would potentially support a pause to and they may not seem like a large number of ministers. but it s important to remember that prime minister benjamin netanyahu s coalition government has 64 out of 120 seats in the knesset. it only takes five of presumably members of his party because ultrareligious parties and the m
of water overconsumption hello and welcome to the programme. we begin today in israel, where prime minister benjamin netenyahu has sacked his defense minister, yoav gallant, after he called on the government to suspend overhauling the judiciary. these are live pictures from tel aviv tonight. the skill of the protests have been growing and mass protests that are been taking place in several cities in the country. after dissecting his defence minister. let me show you these live pictures from israel. tens of thousands of protestors returned to the streets on sunday night waving israeli flags following the dismissal of defence minister yoav gallant. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu removed mr gallant after he called on the prime minister to halt legislation on his proposed changes to the judiciary. the controversial bill has divided the country; many see it as a threat to israeli democracy earlier i spoke to barak ravid, who is a journalist and middle east correspon
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