Protests against Netanyahu continue

Israelis, who hold massive demonstrations across the country every Saturday night against judicial regulation by the far-right coalition government led by Netanyahu, retook the squares in the 16th week of protests.

Tens of thousands of Israelis participated in the demonstrations in cities such as Tel Aviv, West Jerusalem, Haifa, Netanya, Birüssebi and Rehovot.

More than thirty thousand demonstrators protested on Tel Aviv’s Kaplan Street, which hosts the largest demonstration, as it does every week.

The Israeli police closed some roads in several cities, especially in Tel Aviv.

A group of demonstrators in the capital, for their part, carried the letters of the word “apartheid”, in protest of the racial discrimination attributed to Israel by human rights organizations against Tel Aviv’s occupation policies on Palestinian land.

DEFERRED JURISDICTION

The “judicial reform” announced by Israeli Justice Minister Yariv Levin on January 5 includes changes such as limiting the powers of the Supreme Court and the power to have a say in judicial appointments.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on March 27 that he was postponing the judicial regulation, sparking mass protests and strikes across the country.

However, the government is expected to bring the postponed regulation back to Parliament in early May. (AA)