The protests continue: academics decided to go on strike

According to the Israeli news site “Walla News”, academics from Tel Aviv University, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Technion University decided to attack.

The academics in question were reported to have made this decision in response to a bill that will lift the Supreme Court’s control over the government coming to Parliament tomorrow.

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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 had postponed judicial regulation, sparking an increase in protests and mass strikes across the country, but announced that he would put judicial regulation back on the agenda after parliament approved the 2023-2024 budget in late May.

The government had recently pushed the button for judicial regulation again after negotiations with the opposition stalled.

The Netanyahu government announced that the bill that will remove Supreme Court control over the government in the realm of judicial regulation, after the first vote on July 11, will be brought to Parliament on July 24 for the second and third votes. (AA)