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    Thousands of Israeli doctors walked off their jobs, labour leaders threatened a general strike and senior justices rushed home from a trip abroad on Tuesday, a day after the government's approval of a law that weakens the country's Supreme Court. Critics say the legislation will erode the system of checks and balances.

    Four leading Israeli newspapers covered their front pages in black ink -- an ominous image paid for by an alliance of high-tech companies. The only words on the pages were in a line at the bottom: "A black day for Israeli democracy."

    Monday's vote -- on the first of a series of measures that make up Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's divisive judicial overhaul -- reverberated across the country. It came despite seven months of fierce popular resistance, Netanyahu's promises of an eventual compromise and a rare warning against the overhaul from Israel's closest ally, the United States.

    The bill was unanimously passed by the governing coalition, which includes ultra-nationalist and ultra-religious parties, after the opposition stormed out of the house shouting "Shame!"

    Opponents say they are not done fighting and civil rights groups submitted petitions to the Supreme Court, calling for the new law to be overturned. Protests again roiled the country's streets.

    "These protests are not going anywhere, especially because the government has clearly stated that this is just phase one," said Yohanan Plesner, president of the Israel Democracy Institute, a Jerusalem think tank. "This is the most widespread and significant democratic awakening in the history of the country. Clearly, it won't end."

    Hundreds of thousands of people fanned out in Tel Aviv overnight, burning tires, setting off fireworks and waving Israeli flags. In Jerusalem, mounted police and water cannons spraying foul-smelling liquid cleared protesters from a main highway. At least 40 people were arrested by police in protests around the country.

    Videos showed police officers dragging protesters by the hair and neck, beating people until they bled and violently pushing them back with batons. At least 10 officers were assaulted and injured, police said.

    Israel is now hurtling into uncharted territory against the spectre of further social and political unrest. Thousands of officers in the military reserves have announced they will no longer turn up for voluntary service -- a blow that could undermine the country's operational readiness. High-tech business leaders are considering relocation.

    On Tuesday, Moody's issued a report warning of "significant risk" if divisions within the country continue as Netanyahu's government presses ahead with the overhaul, "with negative consequences for Israel's economy and security situation."

    Netanyahu said the credit rating company's assessment was "a momentary response, when the dust clears, it will be clear that the Israeli economy is very strong."

    The overhaul also threatens to strain ties with the Biden administration, jeopardize Israel's new alliances with Arab states and deepen the conflict with the Palestinians, analysts say.

    "I think this country is going to either split into two countries or be finished altogether," said Yossi Nissimov, a protester in a tent city set up by demonstrators outside of the Knesset, or parliament, in Jerusalem.

    The vote on the law came just hours after Netanyahu was released from the hospital, where he had a pacemaker implanted, adding another dizzying twist to an already dramatic series of events.

    The Israeli Medical Association, which represents nearly all of the country's doctors, said they would strike en masse Tuesday across the country, with only emergencies and critical care in operation.

    "The vast majority of physicians know they will not be able to fulfil their oath to patients under a regime that does not accept the role of reason," said Hagai Levine, chairman of the Israeli Association of Public Health. He was referring to the law passed Monday, which prevents the Supreme Court from using the standard of "reasonableness" to strike down government decisions.

    "This overhaul will damage the public health and the health care system in Israel," Levine said, adding that already over 1,000 physician members have asked to be transferred abroad since the law passed.

    Israel's largest labour union, the Histadrut, which represents some 800,000 workers, said Tuesday that it would convene in the coming days to plan a nationwide general strike.

    The chief justice of the Supreme Court, Esther Hayut, along with five other senior justices, cut short a trip to Germany in order to deal with the crisis, the court said. The justices were expected to land home on Tuesday night, a day earlier than expected, to discuss petitions against the overhaul.

    But any move by the court to strike down Netanyahu's new law could lead to a constitutional crisis and put the justices on an unprecedented collision course with the government.

    Supporters of the judicial overhaul say the powers of unelected judges should be curbed to boost the powers of elected officials.

    Opponents say it will undermine Israeli democracy and erode the country's only check on majority rule in a system where the prime minister governs through a coalition in parliament -- in effect giving him control over the executive and legislative branches of government.

    As a result, the Supreme Court plays a critical oversight role. On Tuesday, for instance, Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara appealed to the top court to scrap a law passed earlier this year that strips her of the power to remove the prime minister from office.

    Netanyahu responded to the court, saying it shouldn't intervene in the matter.

    Protesters also fear that the overhaul is fuelled by the personal grievances of Netanyahu, who is currently on trial on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust.

    While protesters represent a wide cross-section of society, they come largely from the country's secular middle class. Netanyahu's supporters tend to be poorer, more religious and live in West Bank settlements or outlying rural areas.

    The judicial overhaul has laid bare Israel's social and religious divisions, said Israeli historian Tom Segev.

    "This is the beginning of a whole plan to change the basic values of society," he said.

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