worried about, still exists, and i think we can expect to continue to come out. although a large general strike that had been called for tuesday that would have seen many of the country s nurses coming out on strike as well. that has been called off, but i think people shouldn t underestimate the tensions that still exist. all these all these big protests could come back out again. just large, not just as large numbers. all right, nic robertson in jerusalem. thank you. cnn s jake tapper sat down with israeli prime minister netanyahu earlier this year and asked him about his proposed judicial reforms and the connection to his own corruption trial. take a listen what do you say to people who say you re only trying to override the judiciary because of yourself and your own interests? none of the reforms that s false. none of the reforms that we re talking about his democratic reforms have anything to do with my trial. israel has the most extreme judicial activism that s gone off the rails
here was to try to reduce tensions that are speaking at the moment. urging all sides now to take urgent steps to restore calm, to deescalate. we want to make sure there s an environment in which we can i hope at some point create the conditions where we can start to restore a sense of security for israelis and palestinians alike which is sorely lacking. reporter: he said the most important thing was to keep alive the idea of a two-state solution. he says any moves that moved away from that will show the international community, show the world that israel perhaps losing some of its democratic values, and that i think a hint that prime minister s netanyahu s government, it is a far right government, the message there, stick to democratic values, wolf. nic robertson in jerusalem, thank you very much. let s discuss all the latest
channeling the aid through them. there s a lot of work ahead to restore hope and some trust across communities, but we ve seen the alternative, and i think that should cause all of us to redouble our efforts to preserve the peace and improve the lives of israelis and palestinians alike. but there s some big catches here right now. one of those is that what the palestinian authority wants that deeper political engagement, diplomatic engagement, the united states is not ready to give because in part the palestinian authority and leadership there right now that secretary blinken was meeting with really aren t assessed to be up to the job and the political stasis on the israeli side as well is seen as counterproductive for the u.s. to have good interlocutors on both sides to work with. wolf? nic, thanks very much for that update. our senior diplomatic editor nic robertson in jerusalem. also secretary blinken discussed with the iron dome defense system with preempt netanyahu, the sa
to target hamas s political leader, and it was significant that the hamas political leader was out on the streets again. his house had been targeted through the conflict over the past two weeks. so it s very notable that this is being made, if you will, on the record personal. that these leaders, yaya and others, if they do attack jerusalem or anywhere else with rockets in israel, then the israeli government is saying the idf would target them. this becomes very personal but i think taken in that context, and at the same time today, in gaza, you have the egyptian delegation who negotiated the cease fire meeting with hamas leaders to make sure that they understand the terms of what has been agreed. i think you can look at this as israel doubling down on what they see the terms as. nic robertson in jerusalem.
pay you on the spot and pick up your car, that s it. so ditch the old way of selling your car, and say hello to the new way at carvana. the cease-fire between israel and hamas militants appears to be holding at least for the second day. the fragile truce is letting officials assess the damage after 11 days of devastating back and forth air strikes and rocket fire between israel and hamas militant groups. at least 250 people were killed in the fighting with thousands left homeless. let s get right to cnn s nic robertson in jerusalem. nic, you ve covered this issue for so many years. you ve seen this flare up time and again. it s just before midnight where you are. i gather both sides of this conflict are welcoming this relative calm at this point.