Netanyahu under fire after dismissing minister

Zionist Regime’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday fired War Minister Yoav Galant a day after he broke ranks, citing security concerns in calling for a pause to the government's controversial judicial reforms.

Massive crowds filled the streets of the Israeli city of Tel Aviv late Sunday night after Netanyahu fired his war minister over his opposition to a planned judicial overhaul.

Waving Israeli flags and chanting “democratia,” protestors blocked streets and bridges, including the Ayalon Highway.

Protesters lit several fires on the main highway in Tel Aviv, their acrid, black smoke billowing into the sky, partly obscuring some of the city’s iconic skyscrapers. By around 2 a.m. local time in Tel Aviv, protests had thinned out but live pictures from the scene showed security forces firing water cannons on those still gathered.

Gallant is so far the most senior member of Netanyahu's own right-wing Likud party to say he would not support the judicial overhaul.

He insisted that the ongoing protests, which included growing numbers of the regime's military reservists, were also affecting regular forces, undermining the regime's security.

Israel's Finance Ministry officials have been also warning of the economic backlash of the regime's political crisis, as business leaders sounded the alarm for their companies' future.

The head of Israel's labor federation, which covers hundreds of thousands of public sector workers, said he was "astonished" by Gallant's removal, promising a dramatic announcement on Monday.

In a related development, Israel's consul-general in New York said he was resigning over the dismissal, saying he could not serve under Netanyahu.

Opposition leaders Yair Lapid and Benny Gantz issued a joint statement, saying the regime’s "security cannot be a card in the political game. Netanyahu crossed a red line tonight."