Teetering towards a constitutional crisis. the day began with the biggest anti government protests so far, the shop escalation in tensions, including the nation s largest ever general strike, grounding flights, shuttering malls. even mcdonald s closed as well as some government ministries. and protests by some military reservists all triggered the previous day when prime minister benjamin netanyahu fired his defense minister would called for a delay to judicial reforms. and for the first time, creating a potentially combustible mix. pro government protesters summoned by government ministers taking to the streets to concerns both sides could clash not realized, despite occasional minor scuffles late in the day, netanyahu dialing down tensions calling for a pause in the
Grew and grew. and then, of course, that general strike the us speaking about grounding aircraft, closing government offices, shuttering shattering shopping malls here in israel, but perhaps the other thing that it triggered here, which is significant is it also prompted some government ministers to call on their supporters to come out on the streets for the first time, and that had people worried. that minority right wing troublemaking elements in those pro government protesters could clash with the anti government protesters. interestingly i spoke to some of those pro government supporters after prime minister netanyahu had made his televised speech after him essentially delayed making a decision on these judicial reforms. and some of them told me they were disappointed. they want him to press ahead with the reforms. they want it done. now they say, that s why they voted for him. and i found this very
Reservists all triggered the previous day when prime minister benjamin netanyahu fired. his defense minister would called for a delay to judicial reforms. and for the first time, creating a potentially combustible mix. pro government protesters summoned by government ministers taking to the streets to concerns both sides could clash not realized, despite occasional minor scuffles late in the day, netanyahu dialing down tensions calling for a pause in the reforms. say here and now. there must not be a fratricidal war. we re on the path of a dangerous collision in israeli society. we are in the midst of a crisis and endangers the basic unity among us. such a crisis requires us all to act responsibly within an
Interesting statement coming from people. it echoes what the government said from these pro government protesters saying that these vast anti government , anti judicial reform protests . they call them a minority and they say that they re essentially they re hijacking the electoral process here. they didn t win the election, but they re trying to hijack the things that the government is trying to do so despite the fact that prime minister is putting off a crunch date for talks over judicial reform. the passions that underlie it. still there just as deep just as big it doesn t seem to be enough to stop the protest, right? it s just the pro government protesters. they left fairly quickly after prime minister netanyahu spoke, or perhaps all gone within a couple of hours, but i think these huge numbers that we ve seen trying to block the judicial reforms they know the danger for what they re
Alleged sexual abuse of government protesters and the custody of iran s revolutionary guard call. when you say the islamic republic of iran respects human rights, one female protester says that she was detained inside a revolutionary guard facility for more than a month, and raped by three different men. she went to a cleric, a mullah, afterwards, because she was having suicidal thoughts she was so upset. cnn spoke with that cleric. is that acceptable? is it acceptable for a woman, whatever she has done, to be arrested and raped? and there are many reports of sexual abuse in this situation against women and men. [interpreter] firstly, in the peaceful demonstrations in the, fall no one was arrested. so you re just denying that? [interpreter] however, in those protests that