Thousands of judicial overhaul supporters demonstrate in Tel Aviv

Waving Israel and Likud flags, thousands of right-wing protesters gather in Tel Aviv in support of the coalition’s judicial overhaul, the second such protest since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu paused the judicial legislation earlier this week amid growing public pressure.

Supporters plan to march from the Tel Aviv Museum of Art to Kaplan Street, where anti-government protesters have regularly demonstrated over the past three months.

The protesters surround reporter Moti Kastel of Now 14, a channel considered favorable to Netanyahu’s Likud party, with some cheering his name.

Others hold signs emblazoned with slogans such as “I believe Rothman and Levin,” two of the overhaul’s political architects.

Several start chanting “the people demand judicial reform” and “Bibi king of Israel,” using the prime minister’s nickname, for Kastel’s broadcast.

Using a megaphone, one protester says, “we are Golani, we are Paratroopers, are we not as valuable as pilots?”

“I’ll tell you Tel Avivians, you’ll have even more to lose,” he says.

Several protesters in the crowd hold signs with the slogan “they’re stealing the election.”

“On the first of November, the people decided!” a woman shouts in agreement.