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Protesters briefly block major Tel Aviv highway during rally against legal overhaul
Tens of thousands turn out for main protests in coastal city, as demonstrations held at dozens of other locations across country
- Demonstrators rally on a highway in Tel Aviv to protest the Israeli government's push to radically overhaul the judicial system, February 18, 2023. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
- Israelis march during a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government to overhaul the judicial system, in Tel Aviv, Israel, February 18, 2023. (AP/Tsafrir Abayov)
- Protesters dressed as 'Handmaids' at a Haifa demonstration against the government's planned judicial overhaul, February 18, 2023. (FLASH90)
- Demonstrators rally on a highway in Tel Aviv to protest the Israeli government's planned overhaul of the judicial system, on February 18, 2023. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
- Demonstrators carry a massive Declaration of Independence during a rally in Tel Aviv to protest the Israeli government's planned overhaul of the judicial system, on February 18, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
- Demonstrators rally in Tel Aviv to protest the Israeli government's overhaul of the judicial system, on February 18, 2023. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
- Demonstrators rally in Tel Aviv to protest the Israeli government's overhaul of the judicial system, on February 18, 2023. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
- Israelis carry torches during a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, in Tel Aviv, Israel, February 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
- Demonstrators rally in Tel Aviv to protest the Israeli government's overhaul of the judicial system, on February 18, 2023. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)