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- Demonstrators against the judicial overhaul outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, Feb. 13, 2023 (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
- Knesset Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee chairman Simcha Rothman (L) and Justice Minister Yariv Levin attend a committee hearing, January 11, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
- A woman watches President Issac Herzog speech on the proposed changes to the legal system, at a home in Kibbutz Mishmar David, February 12, 2023. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
- Israeli protesters lift national flags and placards as they rally in Tel Aviv on February 13, 2023, against controversial legal reforms being advanced by the government. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)
- Protesters wave Israeli flags during a demonstration against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government's plans to overhaul the judicial system, at the Western Wall plaza in the Old City of Jerusalem, February 13, 2023. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg)
- Demonstrators against the judicial overhaul outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, Feb. 13, 2023 (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
- Israelis crowd the train on their way to Jerusalem, where thousands are expected to protest outside the Knesset against the government's planned legal reforms. February 13, 2023. (Eric Marmon/FLASH90)
- Israeli protesters lift national flags and placards as they rally in Tel Aviv on February 13, 2023, against controversial legal reforms being advanced by the government. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)
- Protesters march in Tel Aviv at a demonstration against the judicial overhaul, February 13, 2023 (Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90)
- Israeli security forces scuffle with protesters outside the Knesset in Jerusalem on February 13, 2023, during a rally against controversial legal reforms being advanced by the government. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
- Protesters against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government to overhaul the judicial system in Jerusalem, Feb. 13, 2023 (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)