The reform being promoted by the Netanyahu government has drawn sharp criticism even from legal circles, widening the already deep political divisions in Israeli society.
Braving the rain, tens of thousands of Israelis took to the streets for a fifth consecutive Saturday to voice their disapproval of the Netanyahu government’s plan to reform the judicial system.
The reform being promoted by the Netanyahu government has drawn sharp criticism even from legal circles, widening the already deep political divisions in Israeli society.
“I’m here tonight protesting the transition from democracy to a form of autocracy,” Dov Levenglick, 48, a software development engineer, told Reuters.
Defying criticism, Prime Minister Netanyahu accuses his centre-left rivals of refusing to accept the results of last November’s election, which brought to power one of the most right-wing governments in Israel’s history.
Protesters say it undermines democracy in their country, saying the reform would strengthen political control over judicial appointments and limit the Supreme Court’s ability to overturn government decisions or laws passed in the Knesset.
“They want to cripple the Israeli judicial system, they want to cripple democracy in Israel. We are here every week, regardless of the weather … to stop them, to fight for democracy,” 35-year-old Hadar Segal said in Tel Aviv.
Opposition leader Yair Lapid took part in a demonstration held in Haifa, stressing that those gathered “came to save their homeland and we came to demonstrate with them”.
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