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Hundreds protest AIPAC delegation to Israel, call to speak against judicial overhaul

By Tal Schneider 13 March 2023, 9:06 pm Edit

Tal Schneider is a Political Correspondent at The Times of Israel

Israelis protest outside a Jerusalem hotel where an AIPAC delegation met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as contentious judicial overhaul legislation was speeding through Knesset on March 13, 2023. (Nadav Galon)
Israelis protest outside a Jerusalem hotel where an AIPAC delegation met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as contentious judicial overhaul legislation was speeding through Knesset on March 13, 2023. (Nadav Galon)

Hundreds of Israelis are protesting outside a hotel in Jerusalem where an AIPAC delegation is meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling on the US pro-Israel lobby group to speak out against the government’s judicial overhaul.

Waving Israeli flags, blowing horns and chanting “democracy,” the activists want members of the powerful group to speak out — as many other American Jewish organizations have — against the reform.

Critics say it will deeply undermine Israeli democracy and harm the economy and security.

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