Israelis step up protests after Netanyahu rejects compromise over judiciary row

Police disperse demonstrators and activists as they block a road near the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other government offices over plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to overhaul the judicial system, in Jerusalem, Tuesday, March 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israeli protesters are pressing ahead with demonstrations against a government plan to overhaul the judiciary after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a compromise proposal intended to defuse the crisis.

Despite efforts by the country’s figurehead president, Isaac Herzog, to seek a way out of the stalemate, the sides appeared to be further digging in.