Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned protesters for harassing his wife as she went to a hair salon in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, leading to a police standoff.
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Tel Aviv outside Sara Netanyahu's hair salon.
Netanyahu's reform package, which was introduced mid-January, allows the ruling coalition to have control over the appointment of judges, including high court justices, and allow the Knesset to re-legislate laws the court annuls with a majority of a simple majority of 61 of the 120 Knesset members.
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