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- Demonstrators block the traffic on a highway crossing the city during a protest against plans by Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, in Tel Aviv, July 24, 2023. (AP/Oded Balilty)
- Anti-overhaul activists block the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv, during a protest against the judicial overhaul, on July 24, 2023. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ???? ????? ???? ????? ????? ?????? ??????
- Demonstrators stand amid the traffic as they block the Ayalon Highway during a protest rally against the government's judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv on July 24, 2023. (Jack Guez / AFP)
- Anti-overhaul activists clash with police on the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv, during a protest against the judicial overhaul, on July 24, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
- A man runs through smoke during a protest against plans by Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, in Tel Aviv, Monday, July 24, 2023. (AP/Oded Balilty)
- An Israeli mounted policeman confronts a demonstrator during a protest rally against the Israeli government's judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, on July 24, 2023.(Jack Guez / AFP)
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset as it votes to approve the Reasonableness Law on July 24, 2023. Justice Minister Yariv Levin is at bottom right. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
- Coalition lawmakers crowd around Justice Minister Yariv Levin to take a celebratory selfie in the Knesset plenum, as they pass the first of the coalition's judicial overhaul laws, the so-called "reasonableness law", on July 24, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
- An ambulance at the scene on Highway 531 where a driver rammed into demonstrators, July 24, 2023. (Dov Gazit)
- Demonstrators wave a large Israeli flag during a protest against the government outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, Monday, July 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
- Police disperse demonstrators blocking the road leading to the Knesset, during a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, in Jerusalem, July 24, 2023. (Mahmoud Illean/AP)
- Opposition leader Yair Lapid addresses the Knesset plenum ahead of the passage of the 'reasonableness' law, July 24, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
- Riot police detain a demonstrator during a protest in Tel Aviv, Monday, July 24, 2023. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
- Israeli police use a water cannon to disperse demonstrators blocking a road during a protest against moves by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, in Jerusalem, July 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
- Police grapple with anti-overhaul activists blocking a road near the Knesset on July 24, 2023. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
- Demonstrators gather at a bonfire during a protest rally against the Israeli government's judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv on July 24, 2023. (Jack Guez / AFP)