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Saturday, July 29, 2023
From the Liveblog of
Saturday, July 29, 2023
Protesters begin blocking roads in first weekend rallies since overhaul bill passed
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Anti-overhaul demonstrators block the Gome Junction in northern Israel on July 29, 2023. (Eitan Slonim)
Hundreds of people have begun blocking the Gome Junction in northern Israel in protest of the judicial overhaul being advanced by the government.
It is the 30th consecutive weekend of protests, but the first weekend of rallies since the government advanced the first piece of legislation from its overhaul package.
Protests are scheduled to take place later this evening in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Rehovot, Ramat Gan, Ramat Hasharon, Haifa, Bat Yam, Karkur, Kfar Saba, Rishon Lezion, Modiin, Herzliya, Hod Hasharon, Beersheba, Netanya, Ra’anana, Givat Shmuel, Petah Tikva, Ashdod and Eilat.
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