Israeli police broke up protests by Israelis who blocked roads to oppose government plans to weaken the judiciary. A group of demonstrators even surround Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife at a hair salon. Netanyahu went so far as to compare the protesters to West Bank rioters.
Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Reuters Jerusalem correspondent Emily Rose.
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