Israeli physicians have declared a strike, while some reserve soldiers have threatened to quit in favor of "judicial reform."

Israeli doctors have called for a 24-hour strike, and army reservists have said they might not show up to work as a protest against the Knesset, the Israeli government, which on Monday approved the final version of a bill to end the "principle of reasonableness." The measure will make it much harder for the judges to get involved in the decisions and appointments of the executive branch. It is also the first part of the plan to become law, which is a big deal for both opponents and fans of the judicial reform. After President Herzog and the Histadrut trade union failed in their attempts to reach a settlement, the opposition chose not to take part in the vote, which was held during a time of unprecedented tension and protests in the occupied areas.

Prime Minister Netanyahu called the vote a "democratic and necessary step to restore the balance between the judiciary and politics" and asked the opposition to start talking again before the Knesset's winter session, which starts in November anad will talk about the next steps of the reform. The passing of the law on the "principle of reasonableness" made the people who gathered around the Knesset building to protest the justice reform even more angry. The news came at the end of a few days of protests, during which tens of thousands of people marched from Tel Aviv to the parliament building in occupied Jerusalem and, according to estimates from the organizers, more than half a million people took part in dozens of protests all over the country. After the results of the vote, the Israeli Medical Association (IMA) called for a general strike of the Israeli health system, which took place for the whole day on Tuesday. Note that on July 25, the front page of all Israeli media was black.