Mass protests were held on Monday against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s plans to enact judicial reforms, with thousands of protesters making their way to Jerusalem and demonstrating outside the Knesset, where preliminary votes on two of the judicial reform laws will be held at about 10 p.m. Beginning early in the morning at about 6 a.m., groups of protesters tried to block some coalition members from leaving their homes to travel to the Knesset, including the chairman of the Knesset’s Constitution, Law and Justice Committee Simcha Rothman, Education Minister Yoav Kisch and Agriculture Minister Avi Dichter. A group of protesters also sat outside the apartment of Likud MK Tali Gottlieb. When Gottlieb requested that they quiet down because her autistic daughter can’t tolerate noise, they refused to cooperate and told her she would be staying home today. The police dispersed the protesters and arrested two of them. Six other protesters were arrested outside the home of other MKs. Gottlieb later told Kol Chai: “Wild animals – there’s no other term for it – were waiting for me outside my home and blocked me from leaving. The police took the necessary action. It made me realize how important it is to carry out these reforms.” The protesters outside Rothman’s home: Thousands of protesters, who have declared a “National Day of Struggle,” blocked major highways in Tel Aviv, Haifa, Jerusalem and other cities beginning at about 8 a.m. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

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