Some clashes with police reported as hundreds attempt to block Ayalon Highway; former Likud minister urges MKs to oppose overhaul: 'Why do you stay silent?'

Demonstrations to be held at 95 locations across country; former Likud minister to speak at main event in Tel Aviv; actors cancel 'Rent' performance so they can join

National security minister orders officers to prevent road blockages during Tel Aviv demonstrations, emphasizes that he is in charge of policy and not commanders in the field

Police say they used violence after coming under attack by demonstrators, but senior officers say crowd behaviour did not warrant use of excessive force and stun grenades

Lazar Berman on a whirlwind Kyiv visit with FM Eli Cohen and booting from African Union conference; Emanuel Fabian on overnight Syria airstrikes, and Itamar Ben Gvir vs the police

'The situation keeps me awake at night,' Kobi Shabtai says of deepening divisions over overhaul, pledges cops 'will do everything we can to prevent harm to any public figure'

Shabtai says national security minister sets policy but enforcement at discretion of officers in the field, as far-right lawmaker urges him to fall in line with government policy

In missive to officers, Kobi Shabtai defends members of force, stressing they are ‘police for all of Israeli society’

Far-right minister shrugs off Netanyahu's concerns over international pressure, says he's tired of 'policy of appeasement,' tells police to move ahead with razing structures

National security minister fumes after cops don't use force to disperse protesters in Jerusalem who blocked roads, burned tires, saying police lost 'control of city to anarchists'