Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sacked Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, triggering mass protests a day after Gallant broke ranks with the government and urged a halt to a highly contested plan to overhaul the judicial system.
As news of the dismissal spread on Sunday, tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets late at night across the country. Crowds gathered outside Prime Minister Netanyahu’s home in Jerusalem, at one point breaching a security cordon.
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