Angry protests, strikes paralyze Israel as Netanyahu resists pausing widely hated judicial reforms

JERUSALEM - MARCH 27: Israelis, carrying Israeli flags and anti-government placards, gather outside the Knesset to protests against the Israeli government's plan to introduce judicial changes. Mass protests are rocking Israel, and the country's largest labor union announced a major strike Monday in opposition to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's months-long attempt to push through widely-derided judicial reforms that opponents say will pull the country toward an autocracy. This is possibly the largest wave of demonstrations in Israel's history. "Stop this judicial process before it is too late," Arnon Bar-David, Israel's...