Israel defence minister fired in legal reform row

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has been sacked by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after calling for the scrapping of controversial plans to overhaul the justice system.

Mr Netanyahu summoned Mr Gallant to a meeting and told him he no longer had faith in him as defence minister.

The plan to limit the powers of the judiciary has led to months of public protests.

Mr Gallant had called it an "immediate and tangible danger" to state security. read more