Israeli doctors hold 'warning strike,' caution that judicial overhaul threatens health care system
Doctors in Israel have held a two-hour strike to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the country’s judiciary
JERUSALEM (AP) — Doctors in Israel held a two-hour strike Wednesday to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to overhaul the country's judiciary.
The doctors say the plan will endanger public health by granting Netanyahu and his allies greater control over the country's health care system.
Wearing scrubs and holding signs saying, “We are the wall shielding democracy,” doctors gathered outside Ichilov hospital in Tel Aviv. Medical leaders warned they will take more severe measures if Netanyahu's government — the most right-wing in Israel’s 75-year history — moves forward with a bill to limit the judiciary's oversight powers which could become law as soon as next week.
In a letter to Netanyahu on Tuesday, Dr. Zion Hagay, chairman of Israel's Medical Association, said the bill would lessen the judiciary's ability to strike down inappropriate appointments to the health care system.
