Pro- and anti-overhaul activists hold joint prayers at Western Wall

Supporters and opponents of the coalition’s judicial overhaul hold joint prayers at the Western Wall in Jerusalem before the Knesset begins a final debate on the first bill in its overhaul package.

Anti-overhaul demonstrators have set up a tent city in the capital’s Gan Sacher Park, and plan to rally outside the Knesset as the parliament debates a bill to cancel judicial oversight of government and ministerial decisions based on their “reasonableness.”

Benny Gantz, chair of the opposition National Unity party, tells Channel 12: “There is a rift in the nation, and in this situation it needs to be taken care of. Netanyahu needs to halt the legislation.”

Major traffic disruptions can be expected in Jerusalem due to the protests.

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