Protesters rally at top bureaucrat’s house over threat to Companies Authority head

Hundreds of people are reportedly protesting outside the home of the country’s civil service commissioner, over reports he plans to hold a meeting on firing Government Companies Authority Director Michal Rosenbaum, the Ynet news site reports.

Rosenbaum has been repeatedly targeted for firing by Regional Cooperation Minister David Amsalem, who claims she is not suitable for the job. She claims he is seeking to remove her because she refused to carry out his “illegitimate demands, especially in the realm of appointments and wages.”

Earlier in the day, the Globes news website reported that Civil Service Commissioner Daniel Hershkowitz was planning on meeting Amsalem on the issue Monday.

Elsewhere, dozens of protesters are gathered outside an Israel Defense Forces training base near Paredes Hanna to demonstrate against a decision there last week to bar women from singing in deference to religious soldiers, Ynet reports.