Israelis Protest Judicial Changes and Call for Unity

Israel passed a law to shield Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from removal as he faces a corruption trial and massive protests against anti-democratic reforms to disempower Israel’s judiciary. In France, an estimated 3.5 million people took to the streets Thursday in a nationwide general strike to protest President Emmanuel Macron’s deeply unpopular move to raise the age of retirement from 62 to 64. The United States and Canada have reached an agreement to block migrants from seeking asylum if they’re apprehended attempting to cross the U.S.'s northern border into Canada. Georgia and Iowa have become the latest states to enact anti-trans laws. A court in Michigan has ordered the parents of the Oxford High School shooter to stand trial for manslaughter. About 60,000 education workers have ended a three-day strike at the Los Angeles Unified School District without an agreement on a new union contract.