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ah, hundreds of thousands take to the streets across israel after prime minister benjamin netanyahu fires the defense minister. the latest protests deep in the crisis over netanyahu's plans to push through laws weakening the judiciary. ah, hello, i'm elizabeth bronman. this is al jazeera and live from doha. also coming up, nato accuses russia of dangerous rhetoric after moscow announces it will place nuclear weapons and better. ruse. attention is focused on voter turnout in cuba, as the country holds parliamentary elections without opposition candidates and its armed forces. day in myanmar, the military leadership is holding parade will be live from navy door. ah,

hundreds of thousands of israelis have taken to the streets an anger after prime minister benjamin netanyahu fired the defense minister for criticizing his judicial overhaul plans following the dismissal. your gallons that his life mission will always be. the country's security. meanwhile, protested breach the barricades near netanyahu's, holloman western ru slim water cannon has been fired at the protest is wanting. televi protest is blocked a main highway. they're accusing netanyahu of trying to curb independence of the courts, the plan laws, a part of the right when coalitions bid to limit the power of the judiciary. that's bringing on, correspondent natasha good name. she's joining us live from occupied east jerusalem is absolutely huge. numbers out on the streets, natasha with reports, the prime minister netanyahu has been meeting the head of intelligence. netanyahu's ouster of his defense minister, former defense minute

a minister yo have gallant has been like dropping a bomb on a bonfire for the opposition. these really media is saying that this evening, 600000 people are on the streets, protesting this latest move by netanyahu. we do know that netanyahu is having a meeting at this hour and there are reports again by the israeli media that perhaps he's looking at the idea of freezing moving forward with the judicial overhaul. that's ironic because that is exactly what gallant. the former defense minister had suggested he had suggested that given the deep concerns in israeli society and the impact this is had as had within the israeli military and the concern about national security. overall. the discussions about this judicial overhaul should be paused until after independence day. on april 26. so now the

question remains, what's next? we know there has been swift condemnation, former defense ministers coming out and saying that this is terrible for the country. we know that a consul general in new york has resigned. there's been some speculation that perhaps netanyahu will take on the role of defense minister. this would not be unprecedented in 2018 when netanyahu was prime minister, and avid or lieberman stepped down as defense minister, he assumed both of the rolls. there's also been some talk in the israeli media regarding other names that might be bandied about as successors to go lodge. but security official has said none of those names are going to be accepted by the security establishment. what you have here is a political crisis of a type and magnitude that is historic. in israel, there are chess called for a jerusalem in front of the canal. it to morrow. university classes are cancelled.

there's talk of a workers union having a strike. dozens of doctors at hospitals have called in sick in protest, and about 2 dozen local council leaders are planning to stage a hunger strike in front of the prime minister's office. there is so much opposition to these plans, remind us why they have led to months of protest natasha. so this jew judicial overhaul in its current form is actually not backed by a majority of israelis, according to polls. and up until now netanyahu and his governing coalition have resisted all attempts at a compromise. what this judicial overhaul would do in its current form is give the government more control over who sits on the supreme court. it would give it the ability to override decisions that the supreme court might make regarding legislation. netanyahu has said that this would not weaken democracy,

that it would actually strengthen democracy. he said that it would also make a more balanced court. the opposition, however, says that they believe that it will remove a necessary check at on a balance of power within the government. and there is an enormous division, not only on the streets, but within the national security establishment. members of the military are opposed to it. and it's, there is talk of it having a demoralizing effect on the military reservists haven't reported for duty and a it within the context of all of this. you cannot forget that netanyahu is on trial for corruption related charges. the attorney general has said that he should not be in any shape or form participating in discussions about judicial reform because it's a conflict of interest. so the opposition believes that this is the way for netanyahu to somehow maneuver his way out of the continuing prosecution against him . natasha,

thank you very much for that for now. that is natasha. the name live an occupied east, jerusalem. let's get more on this. now. we're joined by omega cas, if he's in his railey politician and kenneth member, and he's joining us live from west jerusalem. thank you very much for your time on al jazeera. despite the monitor the protests that we've seen, do you think that prime minister netanyahu underestimate of the opposition to these judicial changes? i mean, could he have foreseen that filing the defense minister for saying, let's pause these changes would result in the kinds of protest the seeing tonight. first of all, i think that you should refer to the situation not to say judicial over all but of the jim coo and nathan. yeah, i was headed by him. of course, i want to turn israel from an ethnography because he's, well in my view, has never been a democracy let alone since the occupation, but even before, because the state is based on a and jewish supremacy. ready it cannot be regarded as

a democracy on. ready the place, but it's going to be under the cool that the government wants to pursue israel is going to turn in into a full fledged fascist dictatorship. this is the truth. and they, and we have to cling to the truth. so and the judicial overall is just the beat of the general picture, which as i said, is the gym, go toward the parties, dictatorship flayed for his dictatorship. as i protested for months now have been saying that netanyahu has been acting like a dictator. but what about the government's argument that the changes they say i'm essential to rein in the supreme court, which they say is in sooner. and lisa is no longer representative of the israeli people. does it have a point? this is a sugar coated there, you know, way it to move towards is kind of

a big thing to ship because look, we do have our own, i mean, my own party. we do have our own criticism of the judicial system. let's not forget that the traditional system for the supreme court and own words is never really been a or is never actually do in man, ever been doing justice with it, but it's been, is not in the 67 occupied territories. the not even with what is seen and see the lives within is the way. so do it criticism towards the judicial system what, what the government wants to do is not too quick to fix or amend the judicial system. so it will be more just no, exactly the opposite there. you want to take control over the judicial system. so as to in the, in the end. so is, i mean, is that there will be only one, bunch of power. why don't go with the the government is already already controls

the parliament, the parliament, the class it. because the vast majority of the government is the core in the coalition. a day was because the vast majority within the class and one of the all her and her isn't nathan castle, who is it? and the government who wants to make these changes? because, you know, i'm an official and ethan yahoos office of the prime minister had lost confidence and gannon adding that he hadn't cleared the comments in advance and had sabotaged efforts to reach a solution gallon as a netanyahu's liquid party as proposed judicial changes being pushed through by netanyahu's far right the, our trip religious if you like in the coalition of course. but nathaniel himself is interested in that because he wants to a, you know, to flee the client that they, they've been going through in the last few years. everybody knows the doubt charges,

serious charges against that than yo and he's afraid is in panic. he wants to get out of those a, you know, stay in the, of his dial situation. and so he wants to destroy the traditional system because he believes that's the way for him to get out of this dire situation for him. but of course, the father, i the extreme, the extremists, the fascists within the government. they want to a carry on with this terrible a cool because they believe i do a logically speaking that israel must be a fascist dictatorship. and then we must, we. ready members, we must know that this is only the 1st step. they want to destroy the independence of the judicial system and to tell it into a branch of the government in order to bill. so with yet more crimes against the

palestinian people. for instance, in 2017 smarter h a minister of finance and a minister in the difference in ministry. why is not the fact is, is that clearly and they'll nazi thug. and i want to put it on the table to say very explicit being clearly small, which is an ill nazi bug. e wants to get rid of the palestinians in the occupied territories. it published a blend called the subjugation glenn in both doesn't 17, in which he says very clearly explicitly. it's not interpretation. it's what he says. he says we have to annex the west bank and is your was a left is your living is all in the next. but he wants to an extent in the west bank and in even and even did joe the it jordan. he was what the, the 1st place he wants to annex the west bank. right? he wants to subjugate, the palestinians will live them who lived there without granting them basic civil

life. those will do not the grid to accept the lot as slaves of jewish supremacy are going to be deported. and those who are going to resist are going to be killed . this is what you published yet, and of course he halle fine 11 of which have you been up in rewards? the headlines, more recently, a vintage of who i should be a race of mr. cathy. thank you very much for your time on the story. we really appreciate it, unfortunately, we have run out of time, but thank you for your views that is connected member over cas of joining us from western roseland. thank you very much. moving onto the news now and its armed forces day in me on my mocking the day in 945 and its military force came into being in response to japanese occupation. it's also the 2nd anniversary of a crackdown on opponents to the military leadership, in which more than a 100 protests were killed. hunter, leader,

men on lang is due to deliver a speech within the l. as part of the military parade. he seized power and 2021. after ousting the elected civilian government. while l 0 has been granted a rare access inside me on most of the 1st time since the crew and correspondent tony cheng is joining us live from the capital navy door. so 2 years since the military crew totally what is the situation and me on my, for those who opposed to both the armed groups and civilians. is there any room for civilian opposition? this stage, you know, and i think what we're going to see today at the parade ground is an enormous display of military might. you can probably hear the brass band in the background. we've started see troops assembling gallons being put over the next of those trips arriving. but this is a highly choreographed event shown designed to show the love of the people who

have the military. but to be frank, from what we've seen and heard in our brief time here, it's pretty limited here in the capital net, but there is very tight security has been for the last couple of days. the military of very key to make sure this goes smoothly. but outside of here, there is effectively what is now i think you would call the civil war to the west, to the east to the north. mammals, military is engaged in pricing various different groups, some ethnic rebels, others grouped under the banner of the pdf, people's defense forces. but all of whom resistance of the military rule, military rule has been imposed upon them since the military q of 2021. but for the generals, we're going to see here, particularly men on live, a senior general, who is the one way understand who's very much behind that coo and 21. they're staying firmly ensconced in that bubble. the bubble of we're going to say

celebrated today and away from that tony. what about the humanitarian situation? you know, the u. n. a saying that the number of people in need of humanitarian systems had forward from 1000000 for the clue to an anticipated 17600000 this year. it's driven and i think this is the problem. those international agencies can get in supplies can get and, and all of this time the military is pushing down even harder. we were up in the center ma'am, or a couple of days ago where we understood the 50000 people had fled fighting in the area of you know, we came across several 100 who were sheltering in a monastery. they have no help. i have very little, very few supplies. they don't know when they're going to be able to get home. we've also seen over the last 6 months or so. fighting all along the time border with

mamma. stories coming out of atrocities committed by soldiers. but none of that is going to be discussed today. the machine deeply entrenched, they're certainly not going to be stepping back. but we didn't speak to the military spokesman the other day, who conceded that only 2 thirds of the country are under the control. so they are clearly aware of the problem was they can do about it, however, is anyone's guess how many? thank you so much for that. that is our correspondent tony chang. joining us live from navy, do me on my the european union has warned further sanctions of better rules hosts russian nuclear weapons. joseph barrels, as the move would be an irresponsible escalation and a threat to european security. the commons come after president vladimir putin announced he would position tactical nuclear weapons in battle rues. ukraine is calling for an urgent meeting of the un security council. last week,

putin want russia would be forced to react of the u. k. supplied ukraine with armor piercing ammunition containing depleted uranium. he says russia has stockpiles of similar weaponry, but has stopped short of using it. meanwhile, your claims operate. see a nuclear power plant remains at risk. it's come under repeated shelling that you and nuclear watchdog cheap is expected to assess the damage later this week. for the us now we're president joe biden has declared a state of emergency from mississippi in the wake of the deadly storms and tornadoes. federal funding has been made available to the hardest head areas, which includes one of the poorest regions in the country. at least 25 people are known to have died. search and recovery prove still working to find survivors. the national weather service has warned of more severe weather. still ahead on the bulletin. ah,

he was vice president. commonly harris begins a tour of african countries and garner, as washington attempts to count to china and russia's growing influence on the continent. ah hello, i was dot in north america, me so catastrophic destruction from tornadoes in mississippi over the weekend. and we are still seeing no storms of brewing across the deep south pushing out towards the east as we go in some monday, but much of the wet and winter weather has not worked its way towards the north east of the u. s. into eastern areas of canada, a pretty wet start, the week for new york and washington dc. but as we go into tuesday, we will see things start to clear things a warm up as well across most central areas. off the snow pools across the rockies is more of that's a come a powerful system pulling into the u. s. west coast. it's going to bring more

flooding, rain to the likes of california and heavy snow to the north of california and in to oregon. now we could also see flooding across northern areas of mexico. thanks the tail end of that storm system. this one's intensify on thursday, pulling into monterey. but for much of mexico it is a clearer picture. the heavier rain can be found a further south and central america across panama and costa rica, lots of sunshine there, across the caribbean. that was me, move it to south america. heavy rain continues to fall across western areas of brazil putting into ecuador as well as into bolivia. we will cease, let us severe thunderstorms roll across into rio, but it is a clearer picture as we go into tuesday. ah, it's super $1000000.00 money, no drink operation for coal. marsha is bigger than the company with financial institutions, regulators and governments complicit. always hoping with right,

right in a 4 part series alger series investigative unit, because on the cover in southern africa, his birth control is 90 percent has doesn't. once it's too slow and it's brandon, good. hard to. oh, now jesse, hulu ah, watching out as they are with me, it is the bronman, doha reminder of our top stories. this our hundreds of thousands of israelis have taken to the streets an anger after prime minister benjamin netanyahu fired the defense minister. your gallant had criticized nothing. yahoo! propose judicial overhaul. it's armed forces day in myanmar where

a military parade is being held in the capital navy door on to lead a minimum magazine to deliver a speech. within the hour he seized power in 2021. after ousting the elective civilian government and russia has been condemned by the west to president vladimir putin announced he would position tactical nuclear weapons and bella rues. nato says it would be dangerous and irresponsible. the european union says better was cr face more sanctions. if it does sort of u. s. wise president cabella harris has arrived in ghana on the 1st leg of a week long trip to africa. she's the highest ranking official from the biden administration to visit the region and recent months. she also traveled to tanza, near and zambia houses triple focus on economic development, climate change, and food security. we are looking forward to this chin as a her, this statement of the long and enduring and very important relationship and

friendship between that people of the united states and those who live. i'm continent of africa. i'm very excited about the heat and i'm very excited about the impact of the future of africa on the rest of the world, including the united states of america a correspondence she has at times he has more on the trip from the white house, the white house says cobbler harris's visit will be building on one. it pulls the success of the us africa summit here in washington. last december. them the message was the u. s. is back when it comes to africa, not just and expanding its military footprint as, as it has done pretty ruthlessly over the last 15 years through african, but an economic development as a recognition that the u. s. trails. china, when it comes to investment in infrastructure and other parts of african society, the and the u. s. wants to get involved, but at the same time, the usaa saying,

but we're not asking you to choose, ignore everything else we say about china, you can do both. it's up to you. if we get involved, that's fine. we're not going to get involved in what your relationship with china and the house with a certain amount of skepticism, expressed by african leaders of this. there was certainly last december given. but most of what we have for the white house these days when it comes to foreign policy is about china. and as a recognition, when china gets involved with countries, they don't interfere in the internal affairs of individual countries. while we keep on hearing from african leaders as look, we will make a decision on whom we partner with. but that will be based on whom we decide is in our best interest. so she will assist you at the zambian historian and senior lecturer at the university of stalen bash in south africa. and he thinks the us needs to adopt a clear africa say no to disturbs, have never had in africa policy work that had a national geo political interest example. you're responding to the end of the

product under such as china and russia. i think what is most the highest, i don't know what the one of the i think was lacking. you best response african actually find the strategy in my view for managing relationships with colleagues in the states, china and the union. and i would say the 3 main reasons for that is that the continent lacks a continental agency. we have african union. i think that body africa continue to struggle, probably unified, a position on entity. even though this did, by example, the little guy know done via should focus their counterparts in the region to have some kind of unique for me to say what issues are key to are really and editing present to that i doubt they did that. so the to operate the individual

countries and the mind, dec, i do have some kind of new j rotation. we do our 2nd reason, i think that there's a lack of an african linguistic that both be naughty and competent. you have to remember the reading that it's not the 1st time you know is being positioned in this way during the cold war. right. but example, we had the east west divine what you had up to time, which you don't have now. i'm african leaders, leaders. i won't be reading the whole time africa policy in terms of foreign policy why they know not lighting where those things are going on there today. and finally, i think that i mentioned in terms of why the content you really getting all of these even bought the a you got these as dependent on the power in terms of trade in terms of age and in terms of bring investment until they end up with these powers and we've been bows,

you cannot offset your policy if you polls of now closed in cuba, where voters have been electing a new national assembly. those legislators will then elect a president and it's expected to be current. president miguel diaz canal there was no campaigning leading up to the election and no opposition challenges. lotus will instead endorse nominated candidates, choice of bo sent us this update from the tube and capital while people will voting . we're here in a holding station in havana where people have been coming since very early in the morning to cast their valor that they're picking. the members of the national assembly hall will eventually elect this country's next president among the candidates, i former president by we've got the, the current president, me in the mail and people will have to pick among the candidates in their district . you can see right here, some of them in this case is mighty like after she is the daughter of i will, catherine once they go inside this building, they'll have to select in ballard like this one,

whether they would vote for every one, for some of them just for one and they can also pass a blank, a blank of rolled up, but candidates had chosen by a commission that loyal to the communist party. there's $470.00 candidates for $470.00 seats. and that's why critics say that humans do not have the possibility of choosing members of the opposition are not present. among those candidates and abstention has been on the rise into recent years, especially if compared to the times of fidel castro, where a q or every q and a voting age will cast a ballard. this election is happening in the middle of an enormous economic hardship. wherever you go. people tell you about the difficulties they have to find medicines and food long lines of people trying to get gasoline and constant blackouts. now finally, this bulletin book binding as a traditional year round occupation in the jamini capital summer, during ramadan demand from worship his high for the restoration of the muslim holy

book. the koran lama vall has the story passion massage. he has his hands full as a bookbinder in the old district of the many topics on her business, his normal quiet. but during ramadan, his flooded with orders one book at a time, he needs to restore dozens of arms as quickly as he can. well, both of you are unable to bind the book. we begin with applying a piece of paper and another fabric. after we apply both, we stitch it this way. after we finish ditching the book with the cotton and nylon threads, we apply lead the spine using locally made do was looked up. the next step is to place the book in a press and leave you tilted the sun for a day to make sure the binding holds. millions of muslims learn the core on by heart from a young age. others depend on the most, huff, or, or on in book form for his citation. paper books are still the norm here in yemen.

however, i'm afraid i brought with me 47 copies of the currants be repaired because some of them are damaged. and we take any damaged copies of the koran from any mosque to be restored at our expense during ramadan, particularly all people want to recite the koran and handle that and little bit more. we're, we're alphabet ali. thanks to allah. the humans are taking care of the koran and preserving it in terms of book binding, honoring pondering it's meanings, complying with guidelines on what's permissible and what's forbidden. lateral ha. during ramadan, whistling, don't just avoid food and drink from sunrise to sunset, many or so to cite the for on for most of the day or gather in mosques for collective readings at night. thank you. what do you oh.