Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had to be airlifted on Thursday to the country’s main international airport for an official overseas trip, after throngs of cars and protesters prevented him from driving there.
The demonstrations were part of nationwide protests underway for more than two months against his contentious plan to overhaul the judiciary.
The protesters, launching a “day of resistance to dictatorship,” descended on the country’s main international airport waving Israeli flags, blocking the road leading to the departures area with their cars. Netanyahu, who took office in late December after a protracted political stalemate, and his allies say the measures aim to rein in a court that has overstepped its authority. Critics say the overhaul will upset the delicate system of checks and balances and slide Israel toward authoritarianism.
Netanyahu, who was meeting Austin before his departure, arrived to the airport in a police helicopter, circumventing the protesters, Israeli media reported. Netanyahu’s office declined to comment. The police, overseen by ultranationalist National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, have pledged to prevent the disturbances and said they had already made arrests. Officers on horseback were stationed in central Tel Aviv, where protesters were marching, and a water cannon truck was parked nearby. Red billboards festooning the city’s main highway reading, “resistance to dictatorship is mandatory.” Police were dragging away protesters who had descended on the city’s main highway.
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