Protests across Israel after parliament initially approves judicial overhaul bill

Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition wins first of three votes required for controversial changes to become law

Tens of thousands of Israeli demonstrators have blocked motorways across the country and access to Tel Aviv's airport as part of a day of disruption" in protest against the government's renewed push to advance controversial legislation overhauling the judiciary.

In the first of three readings on Monday night, Israel's parliament - in which the governing coalition headed by the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, holds 64 of 120 seats - voted in favour of a bill scrapping the reasonableness" standard that allows the supreme court to overrule government decisions.