Doctors show displeasure in Israel for bill by going on strike

Doctors in Israel have announced a strike in the wake of Benjamin Netanyaho’s government passing a bill that will completely weaken the power of the Supreme Court in terms of overturning government decisions in Parliament.

“This puts us on the way to dictatorship,” said protester Danny Kimmel in Jerusalem. “You don’t do this to people who are protesting. It’s their right.”

Germany’s foreign ministry said on Monday it “very much regretted” that negotiations between the government and the opposition had broken down “for the time being”.

“In light of our deep ties with Israel and its people, we view the deepening tensions in Israeli society with great concern,” it added, “Especially after today’s adoption of the first part of the planned restructuring of the judiciary, it remains important to give sufficient time and space for a broad social debate and consensus.”

The Whitehouse and even the president of Israel have also done all they could but it seems Benjamin Netanyahu’s government remains defiant, it fetched close to 20,000 protestors worldwide who continue to say they will never serve a dictator.

The American Jewish Committee, one of the oldest pro-Israel groups in the US, expressed “profound disappointment” at the vote and said it is “gravely concerned” that it will deepen divisions in Israeli society amid huge demonstrations against the law, including in the military with thousands of military reservists threatening to refuse to report for duty.

“The continued effort to press forward on judicial reform rather than seeking compromise has sown discord within the Israeli Defense Forces at a time of elevated threats to the Jewish homeland and has strained the vital relationship between Israel and diaspora Jewry,” it said.