Israel defence minister fired in legal reform row

BBC reported that Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has been sacked by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after calling for the scrapping of controversial plans to overhaul the justice system.

Netanyahu summoned  Gallant to a meeting and told him he no longer had faith in him as defence minister. The plan to limit the powers of the judiciary led to months of protests. Tens of thousands of protestors returned to the streets on Sunday night following Mr Gallant’s dismissal.

The leaders of the protest accuse Netanyahu of behaving like a dictator and destroying the security of Israel.