Israeli police fired water cannons at protesters opposing controversial judicial overhaul plans.<br /><br />The government passed an element of its wide-ranging changes to the judiciary on Monday 24 July, with demonstrations erupting outside the parliament building in Jerusalem and in central Tel Aviv after the vote.<br /><br />Footage captured by Professor Dror Hawlena shows one person - holding an Israel flag - being knocked off a wall by the force of a water cannon.<br /><br />Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plans were approved by the Knesset after a stormy session in which opposition lawmakers chanted "shame" and then stormed out.<br /><br />Proposals to allow a simple majority of 61 in the 120-seat chamber to override almost any supreme court rulings are among a range of far-reaching plans from the government, which also wants to allow politicians to appoint most of the justices to the bench.
