For the third consecutive Saturday, around 140,000 people in the main cities of Israel participated in the protests against the Government of Netanyahu and mainly against the judicial reform promoted by the pro-government coalition.
The reform presented by the Minister of Justice, Yariv Levinseeks to give the Executive control of the judge selection committee and limit the authority of legal advisers.
In the mobilization, you could find the former prime minister Yair Lapidformer deputy prime minister Benny Gantz and the former head of Defense Moshe Yaloon. At the same time, some of the messages displayed by the protesters said that “democracy does not end with elections” or “Government is not tyranny”, it was also possible to see torches, Israeli, peace and even Palestinian flags.
The protests are called by the parties of hubof left and the alliance of arab parties Hadash Taal and in addition, they request the resignation of the head of government, prosecuted in several cases for alleged corruption.
At the same time, other groups joined the claimssuch as opponents of Israeli colonization in the West Bank and movements defending the rights of lesbian, gay, trans, bisexual and queer (LGTBQ) people.
