good monday morning to you. i m jim sciutto. hi jim. great to be with you. i m jessica dean and happening right now. massive protests in israel, a crippling general strike and several mayors launching a hunger strike after prime minister benjamin netanyahu fired his defense minister for opposing his plans to overhaul the judicial system . this as many israelis fear the united states closest ally in the region is moving further away from democratic principles. ahead we will have the very latest from jerusalem remarkable events there in israel plus today and though the round of were severe weather expected to strike the southeast of this country, parts of alabama and georgia, bracing for large, hail , damaging winds this after just devastating tornadoes ripped through the region this weekend . at least 26 people are dead, several others injured. we re going to take you live to see scenes of that damage. we do begin this hour, though. with those protests the ongoing general stri
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keep in mind. he s a member of netanyahu s party. he is the defense minister, and he was warning that the divisiveness over this reform was causing a real and credible threat to israel s security, as hundreds of israeli military reservist has said they would not heed the call to serve it because of this massive overhaul that i should remind you would allow the israeli parliament to overturn supreme court decisions amongst a litany of other issues that they play that they want to push through. now the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, he ended up firing the defense minister 24 hours after that speech that led to spontaneous massive protests throughout the night in israel, what we ve seen more than 12 weeks of protests in israel against this massive overhaul. protests overnight. they felt different. they felt angrier, and they felt more violent. and they lasted well into the night. then today we have this massive strikes and now more protests more people out to the street now,
minister figure that he might be dismissed after he made his comments, public? well it was definitely a daring move to make while the prime minister was actually abroad in london on an official visit the defense minister, becoming the first sitting government minister to come out against this massive judicial overhaul plan, which will remind you would give unprecedented power in the hands of the israeli politicians and in the hands of the israeli parliament, allowing them, for example, to do such things as to overturn supreme court decisions with a simple majority. but the minister of defense of gallant, making a televised speech on saturday night, saying that the device iveness over these reforms that hundreds of thousands of israelis into the streets now for more than 12. weeks, he said, is a clear, immediate and tangible threat to the security of the state. partly because now we have heard from hundreds of israeli military reservist who say they will not heed the call to serve if th