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Sunday, July 23, 2023
Hundreds of anti-overhaul protesters march across New York’s Brooklyn Bridge
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLuke Tress is The Times of Israel's New York correspondent.
Hundreds of Israeli demonstrators and US supporters march across New York City’s Brooklyn Bridge to protest the government’s judicial overhaul.
The protesters stream across the bridge, an iconic city landmark, bearing Israeli flags and chanting, “Democracy.”
The demonstration is organized by the Israeli ex-pat activist group UnXeptable. Many of the demonstrators wear shirts representing Israeli protest groups.
Organizers say over 1,000 people are demonstrating in support of Israeli protesters, including the march to Jerusalem this week. Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, one of the city government’s top Jewish elected officials, is among the demonstrators.
Israeli demonstrators opposed to the government's judicial overhaul march across the Brooklyn Bridge to express support for the protest movement in Israel (credit: UnXeptable) pic.twitter.com/Gvg7xRxS1m
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“We see our families and our friends marching in the heat, fighting for Israeli democracy and all of our future and we want to send them strength from here,” says Shany Granot-Lubaton, a leading Israeli protest organizer in New York. “We won’t let this corrupt government tear apart the people of Israel and the Diaspora. Israel will not be a dictatorship.”
The activists in New York and other cities in the US and elsewhere have held regular rallies since the government announced its judicial overhaul package in January. A few weeks ago the protesters staged a demonstration at the Statue of Liberty, and other events have taken place outside the Israeli consulate and at appearances by Israeli ministers in the region.
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