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Monday, March 13, 2023
Hundreds protest AIPAC delegation to Israel, call to speak against judicial overhaul
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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.
Many Israelis demonstrated across the street from @AIPAC leaders meetings in Jerusalem. The lobby is not immune from the Israeli rage re the judicial coup. Aipac has powerful leverage on: GOP & DEM, Netanyahu & Biden but they keep quiet on Israel’s turn into non-liberal state pic.twitter.com/6QceIPY2jn
— Tal Schneider טל שניידר تال شنايدر (@talschneider) March 13, 2023
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