From the Liveblog of
Thursday, April 20, 2023
Protesters to rally in support of ex-Supreme Court chief Aharon Barak
Carrie Keller-Lynn is a former political and legal correspondent for The Times of Israel
Protesters plan to gather at Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square at 8:30 this evening in support of former Supreme Court chief justice Aharon Barak, a day after right-wing protesters surrounded the jurist’s home.
Barak led Israel’s judicial revolution in 2005, ushering in many of the principles the current government is seeking to unwind through its march to unleash political power by constraining judicial authority.
He is a prominent symbol against which many right-wing, pro-reform activists rally, despite no longer holding an official position.
Protesters chose to surround Barak’s home the day after Holocaust Remembrance Day, significant in that Barak himself is a Holocaust survivor.
