The riots last for weeks: 100,000 people are in the streets

Protest demonstrations in Haifa, Israel, against the controversial judicial regulation approved by the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel, continued in their 35th week.

Thousands of Israelis gathered on Kermel Street, one of the busiest places in Haifa, with flags, anti-regulations banners, trumpets and whistles.

The demonstrators marched from Kermel street towards the Hurib junction, which has become a symbol of the protests against the Netanyahu government.

GOVERNMENT JURISDICTION IN ISRAEL

The controversial judicial regulation of the Israeli government has remained at the center of the country’s agenda since the beginning of the year.

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 growing mass protests and strikes across the country, but announced that he would put judicial regulation back on the agenda after the 2023-2024 budget was released. government approved. Parliament at the end of May.

The Government once again pressed the judicial regulation button after the negotiations with the opposition were blocked.

The Netanyahu government adopted the bill that would remove Supreme Court control over the government, in a parliamentary session on July 24, which was boycotted by the opposition, despite mass protests and intense public debate around the world. the country.

So far, the Israeli Assembly has passed two laws limiting the control of the judiciary over the executive, within the scope of judicial regulation.

These include March’s law limiting the Supreme Court’s removal of Netanyahu, and July’s so-called “reasonableness” law.

The “Reasonability Law” gives the Supreme Court the power to overturn a government decision when it is deemed unreasonable. Accordingly, an “irrational” decision is defined as “a decision that disproportionately focuses on political interests without adequate consideration of the public interest.”

The Netanyahu government wants to enact 6 more articles, including the article to nullify the power of the Supreme Court to revoke laws passed by the Assembly for violation of “Basic Laws” or human rights, which are accepted as a draft Constitution . in the field of legal regulations.

Opposition parties, former legislators and some non-governmental organizations in Israel called for the annulment of the “Reasonableness Law” passed by Parliament on July 24.