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Post by sevenofnine on Mar 12, 2023 11:42:53 GMT -5
DUH! not suprise this week it be cruical Israel parliament going back in session this week to vote on this Hundreds of thousands of people have rallied in cities across Israel for a 10th consecutive week, protesting against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government to curb the Supreme Court’s powers. Organisers said a record 500,000 people attended Saturday’s rallies, making them some of the “biggest in Israeli history”. Media in Israel put the turnout at 250,000 to 300,000 people. The demonstrations come as Netanyahu’s government prepares to press on with its legislative agenda next week, shunning calls for a pause to allow for negotiations on the divisive judicial reforms. “I’m demonstrating because the measures that the new government wants to take represent a real and immediate threat to Israeli democracy,” one protester, tech entrepreneur Ran Shahor, told the AFP news agency in the coastal city of Tel Aviv. “It’s not a judicial reform. It’s a revolution that [is] making Israel go to full dictatorship and I want Israel to stay a democracy for my kids,” Tamir Guytsabri, 58, told the Reuters news agency. www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/12/huge-crowds-protest-israels-judicial-changes-for-10th-week
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