The rebellion lasts for months: 8 million people took to the streets

As reported by the Israeli newspaper “Haaretz”, police chief Kobi Shabtai gave information about the ongoing demonstrations against the government’s controversial judicial regulation at a conference he attended.

Shabtai said that the turnout for the demonstrations, which are held every Saturday for 35 weeks, sometimes reaches 10,000 and sometimes 100,000.

Regarding the extent of participation in the demonstrations that have occurred since the beginning of the year, Shabtai said: “Between 6 and 7 million Israelis participated in the anti-judicial reform protests held in 4,400 locations.” saying.

Shabtai said that the police respect the rights of the protesters, taking into account that the freedom of movement of the people is not restricted.

DISCUSSION JURISDICTION

In Israel, a bill that would remove Supreme Court control over the government passed parliament on July 24, but was boycotted by the opposition, despite massive nationwide protests and intense public debate.

The Supreme Court announced that it would discuss two laws passed by Parliament in September in the field of judicial regulation.

Names who held high positions in Israel’s politics, military, security, economy and judiciary declared that they were against the government’s judicial regulation.

The protest movement against the judicial regulation of the government of Benjamin Netanyahu has continued with its demonstrations for about 8 months. (AA)