Sources: Puts criticized law on hold – after the president’s appeal

First, he fired his defense minister. Then thousands of protesters forced the barricades outside his residence. Now sources tell the newspaper Haaretz that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is putting the criticized law on hold – after, among others, President Isaac Herzog urged him to reconsider. In a statement, Herzog writes, according to the newspaper Haaretz, that “we have seen very difficult scenes tonight. I appeal to the prime minister, the members of the government and the members of the coalition. For the unity of the people of Israel, for the responsibility we owe, I urge to stop the legislative process immediately”. On Sunday, thousands of people protested in the streets of several Israeli cities, and also outside Netanyahu’s residence. The protests came after Defense Minister Yoav Gallant was forced out of the government when he spoke out critical of the government’s attempt to change the Supreme Court’s mandate. Now the prime minister is said to be considering putting the heavily criticized legal reform on hold after strong protests broke out in the country, according to sources for Channel 12 and the public service company Kan, according to the Times of Israel. Netanyahu is to speak in the morning, and according to media reports, may announce some kind of retreat. In the player above: Analysis: Israel’s worst crisis in a long time

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