Live Update 
From the Liveblog of
Monday, July 24, 2023
From the Liveblog of
Monday, July 24, 2023
Police use water cannon in failed attempt to clear Tel Aviv highway of anti-overhaul protesters
Naomi Lanzkron is a news editor at The Times of Israel
Demonstrators gather at a bonfire during a protest rally against the government's judicial overhaul on Tel Aviv's Ayalon highway on July 24, 2023. (Naomi Lanzkron/ Times of Israel)
Hundreds of protesters stream onto the Ayalon Highway at the Hashalom Interchange, running down the embankments.
Police fire a water cannon in a failed attempt to try and move them off the highway.
Huge crowds of anti-overhaul protesters mass at Tel Aviv’s Kaplan Street / Ayalon Highway, hours after the Netanyahu coalition passed the first judicial overhaul law, July 24, 2024 (Aviv Hasidov)
On the bridge above, the crowd chants, “Shame.”
Police say they’ve arrested a suspect for lighting a bonfire on the highway.
