BBC News 27 March 2023
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under immense pressure over controversial judicial reforms that he wants to push through
- The changes to the country's justice system have provoked an outpouring of anger from nearly all parts of Israeli society, including its powerful military
- Tens of thousands took to the streets in anger on Sunday evening after Netanyahu fired his defence minister, who had called for a pause on the changes
- Police and soldiers used water cannon on demonstrators gathered outside Netanyahu's home in Jerusalem
- Departures from Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport have been suspended after workers went on strike amid calls for widespread walkouts
- The Israeli government, its most right-wing ever, wants to take full control over the committee which appoints judges
- Netanyahu says the changes will stop the courts over-reaching their powers, but critics say they will help him as he faces an ongoing trial for corruption
