Organizers said around 500,000 pro-democracy protesters took to the streets across the country on Saturday. What the Israeli news agency Harets called the largest demonstration in the country’s history.
number of peopleprotestThere are record numbers in cities such as Haifa and more than 200,000 protesters are believed to have taken to the streets of Tel Aviv, as critics say. Reforming the court system could destroydemocracy
The leader of the opposition, Yere Lapid, told a crowd in the city of Beersheba in southern Israel The country is facing the biggest crisis in history.
Tel Aviv protester Tamir Gizabri In an interview with Reuters that “This is not a reform.justice But the reforms brought in Israeldictatorshipand we want the country to remain a democracy for our children.”
government ofBenjamin Netanyahu Prime MinisterIsrael He said The reform plan is good for the voters. and is designed to prevent courts from using too much power
But critics emphasized that the reform plan will politicize the judicial process and may lead to thatdictatorial government
Protests against the government’s plan to overhaul the judicial system have been going on for 10 weeks, and the reforms have caused deep divisions in Israeli society. as seen from the reserve soldiers Backbone of the Israeli Army Threatening to refuse to perform duties to express disapproval of the government
On Monday (March 6), dozens of combat pilots in Israel’s elite air force did not report to practice It was a move like never before. But later he returned to training and agreed to join in a conversation with the manager.
On Thursday (March 9), protesters blocked roads and tried to stop Netanyahu. not to leave the country but after that the prime minister Traveled to Rome, Italy
