"Mass Arrests Made as Demonstrators Block Knesset Entrances in Israel"
Opposition members in the Israeli Knesset have announced that they will boycott the third reading of the reasonableness standard bill, as protests continue to rage outside the parliament. The bill, which aims to limit the power of the Supreme Court, has sparked controversy and opposition members argue that passing it without reaching a compromise would harm cohesiveness in the IDF and damage national security. The protests have led to clashes with the police, and several companies have declared a strike in opposition to the judicial reform. US President Joe Biden has expressed concern over the elimination of the reasonableness standard and called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to proceed with the legislation in its current form.