Thousands of Israelis gathered Saturday for a weekly demonstration against the government’s contentious judicial overhaul plans.
Thousands of Israelis gathered Saturday for a weekly demonstration against the government’s contentious judicial overhaul plans, despite security concerns stemming from a surge in Israeli-Palestinian violence.put his overhaul on hold after mass protests against the plan, which has brought together large swaths of Israeli society in opposition to a series of bills that aim to weaken the country’s Supreme Court.
In a separate incident, two British-Israeli women were shot to death near a settlement in the occupied West Bank.and the West Bank has heightened fears of an even more intense surge, with the rare convergence of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, the Jewish Passover holiday and Easter currently underway.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu put his overhaul on hold after the mass protests that arose over the weekend.They portrayed the anti-government demonstration as a rally of solidarity with those killed and wounded in Friday’s attacks, as well as with Israelis living near the Lebanese border and the Gaza border affected by recent Palestinian rocket fire.
The plan would give Netanyahu, who is on trial on corruption charges, and his allies the final say in appointing the nation’s judges.
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