IN PHOTOS | Months-long protests in Israel subside as PM Netanyahu delays legal reforms

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu paused a controversial judicial overhaul plan on Monday that had set off unprecedented street protests and a spiraling domestic crisis. Three months of demonstrations against the overhaul plan had intensified this week and Israel’s main trade union had even declared a general strike which was later called off, leading to chaos that shut down much of the country and threatened to paralyze the economy.