Thousands of protesters flocked to Tel Aviv and cities across Israel to express their opposition to the government’s plan to overhaul
Tel Aviv: Thousands of protesters flocked to Tel Aviv and cities across Israel to express their opposition to the government’s plan to overhaul the country’s judicial system, Al Jazeera reported.
Crowds of Israeli protestors held banners in Tel Aviv at Saturday’s protest, the latest in a series of weekly actions since the start of the year.
Plans by Netanyahu’s government to reform the Judicial System have outraged Israelis who see it as an assault on their country’s system of checks and balances and a threat to its very democracy.
“This is not about so-called judicial reform, it’s about democracy,” said Sheila Katz, head of the National Council of Jewish Women, from the rally in central Tel Aviv.
“In order for your sacred courts to protect the rights of all people, they must remain independent from politics,” she added.
Protests last month brought Israeli cities to a standstill and threatened to shut down the economy, compelling Netanyahu to delay the judicial reform plan in hopes of finding a compromise.
However, protesters have been undeterred. Crowds of Israelis have flooded the streets in the weeks after Netanyahu backed down, demanding that the overhaul be scrapped altogether.
