Tens of thousands of people are marching towards the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, to stop Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government’s judicial reforms aimed at limiting the powers of judges. It is the last leg of the march and the last desperate attempt to stop reform. The final section of the procession passes through Jerusalem. Numerous traffic delays, as the Times of Israel writes. “There is no doubt that this is a historic moment, the number of participants here is incredible.” “Each person came from a different place and worried about the fate of the country,” Guy Shahar, a protester from Tel Aviv, told the Ynet website.
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Once they arrive in front of the Knesset, organizers plan to set up tents in Gan Sacher and stay there indefinitely. All this as the ruling coalition prepares to lift the ban on courts making government and ministerial decisions on the basis of their “reasonableness” into law. In addition to the large protest rally tonight outside the Knesset, opponents of the law are expected to gather outside Prime Minister Netanyahu’s residence in Jerusalem and on Kaplan Street in Tel Aviv. This is the 29th week of nationwide protests against judicial reform under the slogan “We will not let (Netanyahu) destroy our home.”