People rioted in Israel, tens of thousands of people took to the streets

Tens of thousands of people took to the squares at the call of professional groups such as non-governmental organizations, lawyers and high-tech sectors in Israel.

The Israeli police closed to traffic during the day the roads that lead to the squares of Tel Aviv, the focus of the demonstrations, and took intense security measures in the surroundings.

“NO TO DICTATORSHIP”

Thousands of protesters of all ages carried Israeli flags on Eliezer Kaplan Street in downtown Tel Aviv. The demonstrators chanted “no to the dictatorship” and “democracy”. Former politicians, artists and personalities spoke on stage.

In addition to Tel Aviv, demonstrations are taking place in Haifa in the north, with the participation of approximately 8,000 people, according to Israeli media. The demonstrators chanted slogans such as “Neither the rain nor the cold can stop this protest.”

“WE WILL FIGHT”

Yair Lapid, the leader of the main opposition leader who participated in the demonstrations in Haifa, said in his speech that the protesters were trying to save his country, saying: “We will fight in the streets, in Parliament and in the courts. We will save our country because we don’t want to live in a non-democratic country.” saying.

SIMULTANEOUS PROTESTS

Simultaneous protests are also taking place in Jerusalem and other cities.

The protests against the policies of the Netanyahu government are taking place in an environment of increasing raids, attacks and casualties in the region.

35 PALESTINIANS KILLED SINCE NEW YEAR

On January 28, a 13-year-old Palestinian launched an armed attack in the Silvan neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem, wounding two Israelis on Saturday morning.

7 people were killed and 3 people injured in an armed attack on Friday night, January 27, near a synagogue in a Jewish settlement in East Jerusalem.

The Israeli police announced that they chased the attacker who fled the scene by car and neutralized him after the armed conflict.

10 Palestinians, including a 60-year-old woman, were killed in the Israeli army’s raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank on the morning of January 26.

In events that erupted in the region after the raid, a 22-year-old Palestinian was killed in the occupied East Jerusalem city of er-Ram.

As a result of fire opened by Israeli soldiers, at least 35 Palestinians, including women and children, have been killed since the beginning of the year in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank.

NETANYAHU GOVERNMENT “JUDICIAL REFORM”

Justice Minister Yariv Levin announced on January 5 that they were planning a law that would limit the powers of the Supreme Court and reduce the influence of the judiciary in the selection of judges.

Moves by the Netanyahu-led coalition government to transfer some of the powers of the judiciary to parliament sparked tensions between the government and the Israeli judiciary, especially the Supreme Court.

Israel’s Supreme Court, acting as the country’s highest judicial authority, has the power to strike down laws passed by the Assembly on the grounds that they violate “fundamental laws” accepted as a draft Constitution.

Netanyahu’s government claimed in the court ruling that it announced it would deprive the Supreme Court of its authority to strike down laws passed by the Assembly.

The judiciary crisis deepened when Israel’s Supreme Court ruled on January 18 that Shas leader Arya Deri, who held multiple ministerial posts in Netanyahu’s government, could not be included in the cabinet “because he was convicted of tax crimes”. Netanyahu fired Deri after a court order last week.

Israel’s chief prosecutor, Gali Baharav-Miara, put forward his written objections to the government’s judicial regulation, sharing that his concerns centered on the deterioration of the “separation of powers, the independence of the judiciary and the protection of individual rights.” “. (AA)