Around 500,000 people took to the protests against judicial reform throughout Israel. According to RBC, this is reported by the Times of Israel and Haaretz, citing the data of the organizers of the shares.
In Israeli cities, there was a record number of participants in rallies, The Jerusalem Post notes. For example, in Haifa, about 50 thousand took to the streets, in Raanan – 9 thousand, in Kiryat Ono – 3.5 thousand. In the capital of the country, Tel Aviv, 250 thousand people participated in the rally.
Israelis protest for the tenth week in a row. The reason was the government’s attempt to reform the judiciary. It gives the cabinet a decisive say in the selection of judges and limits the ability of the Supreme Court to overturn directives and laws.
The opposition believes that the reform threatens the country’s democratic values. According to the government, on the contrary, it will help restore the balance between the branches of government. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in January that the reform, despite the outcry caused, would be approved.
Israeli President Yitzhak Herzog said in mid-February that the country was “on the brink of social and constitutional collapse” and called on citizens “to refrain from violence, especially violence against civil servants and elected officials.”
Source: Rosbalt
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