Editorial: Unrest sweeps across Israel, and Netanyahu has only himself to blame
Israelis embrace the ideal of democracy with the same fervor that Americans do. It’s why, on Monday, the people of Israel effectively shut down their country’s economy in a defiant, urgent statement against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s dangerous bid to overhaul — and in doing so weaken — the country’s judicial system.
Protests that have persisted for weeks peaked on Monday, as tens of thousands of demonstrators filled streets of Israel’s two largest cities, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
