Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated Saturday against PM Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the country’s legal system.
The plans were proposed in January, weeks after Netanyahu’s, the most far-right government in the country’s history, was sworn in. The overhauls have increasingly divided the Israeli community and given momentum to weekly protests every Saturday.
The debate stems from fears that the changes would weaken the Supreme Court, limit judges’ powers, and threaten democratic institutions.Israeli mounted police officers try to disperse protesters in Tel Aviv, on Saturday.The central city of Tel Aviv saw the largest turnout in this week’s protests, with smaller demonstrations in several locations across the country.
In Tel Aviv, the protesters waved Israeli flags and pictures depicting Netanyahu as dictators such as Caesar. Other protesters waved
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