Protesters gather for Saturday night rallies against judicial overhaul

12 August 2023, 7:39 pm

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Protesters begin gathering at sites across the country for the 32nd week of protests against the government’s judicial overhaul.

Police block roads around Kaplan Street in Tel Aviv, where people are gathering for the main rally set to take place at 8 p.m.

Speakers at Kaplan are set to include IDF reserve general Amiram Levin, education and social activist Soundous Alhout, and journalist Or-ly Barlev, in addition to protest leader Shikma Bressler.

The Ynet news site reported that thousands are marching through Haifa to Horev Junction, where a rally is set to take place at 7:30 p.m.

Some 1,000 demonstrators are protesting at Karkur Junction in northern Israel, and hundreds at HaOgen Junction in central Israel.

Netanyahu indicated on Sunday that his government will move ahead with changing the makeup of the Judicial Selection Committee, the most far-reaching and controversial measure in the judicial shakeup package. He intimated that he was still seeking consensus on this. After that, he said, he would shelve the rest of the judicial overhaul plan.