Tens of thousands of Israelis march in towns and cities nationwide for an 11th straight week of protests against judicial reform plans of hard-right government of PM Benjamin Netanyahu
Protesters fear the proposed reforms would increase the power of politicians over the courts, are a threat to Israeli democracy.
In Tel Aviv's Dizengoff square on Saturday, thousands of demonstrators waved the blue and white Israeli flag of Israel. An AFP news agency photographer saw a group of people at a counter-protest in central Tel Aviv in support of the government, with some raising banners that read: "traitor leftists". Addressing protestors in the city of Ashdod, opposition leader Yair Lapid blasted the government for rejecting a proposed compromise.
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