Weekly overhaul rallies to start with a moment of silence for day’s terror victims

Weekly protests have begun throughout the country against the government’s judicial overhaul plan, now taking place for the 33rd straight week.

At major rallies later in the evening, organizers have said they will hold a moment of silence for the two victims of today’s terror attack in the West Bank, a father and son shot at a carwash in the Palestinian village of Huwara.

Roads have been closed in Tel Aviv and Haifa ahead of rallies in the cities.

In Tel Aviv, only women will speak, as demonstrators highlight recent incidents of discrimination against women in public spaces. These will include top doctor Prof. Idit Matot, Israel’s first female officer on a naval vessel Maj. (res.) Ora Peled Nakash, and others. Performing will be the singer and Eurovision winner Netta Barzilai.