If right-wing reforms giving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and members of parliament more power over the judiciary are passed, 'the protests will intensify,' said organizers.
Tens of thousands of people opposed to the far-right Israeli government'sonce again hit the streets of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv on Monday, where they implored lawmakers to vote against the measures during the afternoon's first reading.
"On the morning of the vote, small groups of protesters sat down outside the front doors of some coalition lawmakers' homes in a bid to block them from leaving for parliament. They were removed by the police,". After blocking highways to Jerusalem, protesters gathered outside parliament, where doctors"set up a mock triage station for 'casualties of the judicial reform.
If that happens, the Supreme Court's ability to overrule parliament would be weakened, as a simple 61-vote majority could override the court's decisions; the Supreme Court's ability to review and strike down attempts to change Israel's 13 quasi-constitutional"Basic Laws" would be abolished; and the ruling coalition would gain control of the Judicial Appointments Commission, a panel tasked with picking new judges.
The legislation must be approved three times to become law, with Monday afternoon's vote marking the first step in the process. Israeli President Isaac Herzog, a largely ceremonial figure, and opposition leader Yair Lapid have pleaded for Netanyahu's government to delay the legislation, to no avail.,"We won't stop the legislation now, but there is more than enough time until the second and third readings to hold an earnest and real dialogue and to reach understandings.
Organizers, for their part, said Monday that"with the passage of the dictator's bill, the protests will intensify,";“Protesters begin to gather in Tel Aviv, with tens of thousands expected to turn out across the country, as the Israeli Parliament is set to begin the voting process on the hotly debated judicial reform bills;”“Now in #jerusalem tens of thousands of anti government protesters march around the Israeli...
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