JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies on Thursday denounced protesters as “anarchists” after they massed outside a Tel Aviv salon where his wife was getting her hair done a chaotic end to a day of demonstrations against the government’s plan to overhaul the judiciary.
Sara Netanyahu has long been a polarising figure in Israel, and the incident late Wednesday in a posh neighbourhood in Tel Aviv reflected Israel’s emotionally charged divide over the overhaul, seen by opponents as an existential threat to the country.
Demonstrators chanted, “shame, shame” but did not force their way in. Hundreds of policemen were sent to the scene, who eventually escorted her into a limousine.