A basic strike threatened to carry Israel to a standstill Monday as rising fury at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to overtake the nation’s courts stoked nationwide backlash and threw the federal government into turmoil.

Israeli universities, staff’ unions, hospitals, malls and Israel’s nationwide service, El Al, introduced a basic strike, and the worldwide airport terminated outgoing flights indefinitely. Even diplomats overseas had been set to hitch placing authorities staff. Tens of hundreds of protesters flooded Jerusalem. Amid calls from throughout the federal government for Netanyahu to face down, the enterprise group and opposition, together with from Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Netanyahu’s personal longtime lawyer, native media shops reported he would make a public assertion Monday.