Netanyahu denounces ‘anarchists’ after protest outside wife’s hair salon

Sara Netanyahu, wife of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, has been a polarising figure (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP)

Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies have denounced protesters as “anarchists” after they massed outside a Tel Aviv salon where his wife was getting her hair done at the end of a day of demonstrations against the government’s plan to overhaul the judiciary.

Sara Netanyahu has long been a polarising figure in Israel, and the incident late on Wednesday in a posh neighbourhood in Tel Aviv reflected Israel’s emotionally charged divide over the overhaul, seen by opponents as an existential threat to the country.