Netanyahu's Judicial Reform Plans Face Backlash from Protests.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government organized a mass protest against itself in Jerusalem to boost the stalled judicial reform efforts, which critics view as a desperate last-ditch effort to retake the country's streets from the hundreds of thousands of pro-democracy protesters demonstrating throughout the country for the past four months. The current rift is between liberal democratic forces and an alliance of conservatives and nationalists, placing Netanyahu in a deeply uncomfortable position. A poll published Thursday by Maariv shows another dramatic decline in support for the government coalition.