Israeli Twin Crises Split Society, Netanyahu Pushes Ahead

  • Police use violence against protestors of judicial overhaul
  • Settlers arrested for arson and rampage in Palestinian village

Demonstrations against the government’s justice reform bill in Tel Aviv on March 1.

Photographer: Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images
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Israel was rocked on Wednesday by further protests against the government’s planned judicial overhaul in the wake of increased violence in the West Bank, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seemed determined to hold his ground.