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Thursday, April 27, 2023
Pro-government crowd swells as right rallies for judicial reform
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
From atop the Cinema City mall near the government quarter in central Jerusalem, one can see the crowd of right-wing protesters extending in all four directions as far as the eye can see. Massive screens are dispersed throughout the crowd.
According to reports, much of the rally was funded by the Likud and Religious Zionism parties.
Estimates now put the number of attendees at 80,000 or more. Channel 13 guesses 92,000. The right-wing Channel 14 puts the number at 200,000.
A Channel 12 anchor says the turnout “is the largest we’ve ever seen,” though it’s unclear if that also includes anti-government rallies, which have drawn hundreds of thousands.
מטורף!! הפגנת המיליון כעת בירושלים דורשים רפורמה משפטית!
שר המשפטים יריב לוין החל לנאום כעת: למעלה משני מיליון ישראלים יצאו לפני מספר חודשים למשאל עם והצביעו בעד רפורמה משפטית קיבלנו 64 מנדטים כדי לתקן את העוול לא עוד בית משפט ששופטיו נמצאים מעל הכנסת ומעל הממשלה. pic.twitter.com/PBOdDR6oAB
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Energy rises as the crowd lights their cellphone flashlights to welcome Justice Minister Yariv Levin. The masses chant, “The nation demands judicial reform,” drowning out the speakers.
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