Israeli president urges Netanyahu to halt legal overhaul

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s ceremonial president on Monday urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to immediately halt a contentious overhaul of the judiciary. Isaac Herzog’s plea comes hours after tens of thousands of people burst into the streets around the country in a spontaneous show of anger at Netanyahu’s decision to fire his defense minister after he called for a pause to the overhaul. The overhaul has sparked one of Israel’s gravest domestic crises, drawing widespread opposition from...