Scores arrested on Israeli day of protest as parliament passes judicial changes

At least 75 people held across country on ‘day of disruption’ as Knesset approves law designed to protect Netanyahu

Israel’s two-month-old protest movement has taken to the streets for a “day of disruption” as the parliament passed the first part of the hardline government’s controversial judicial changes into law.

The legislation, designed to protect the position of the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, was approved on Thursday, after a heated all-night debate, by 61 votes to 47, the minimum majority required.