Israeli police shoved and detained protesters who were blocking a main road in Tel Aviv during a demonstration against judicial reform plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new right-wing government
The government's plan has sparked nationwide protests in Israel and caused alarm among economists, former security officials and legal experts at home and abroad.
Former spokesman of the federal government Steffen Seibert speaks during handover ceremony in Berlin, Germany December 9, 2021. Steffi Loos/Pool via REUTERS Critics say it undermines the courts' independence while handing the government unbridled power, which in turn would endanger minority rights, encourage corruption, isolate Israel diplomatically and wreak havoc onNetanyahu, who is on trial for corruption charges that he denies, says the reforms will strengthen democracy and boost business. He has dismissed protesters as "anarchists" unwilling to accept the decisive right-wing victory in a Nov. 1 election.
Numerous opinion polls have shown a majority of Israelis against the government's planned judicial overhaul as it presently stands. Nationwide protests drew tens of thousands on Saturday. "We are demonstrating against the government because we are afraid for our future, for the future of our children," said Gabi Goldstein, who attended the largest protest on Saturday, in Tel Aviv.Our Standards:
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