Israelis back in streets to protest judicial overhaul vote
Thousands of Israelis returned to the streets of Tel Aviv late Thursday, July 27, to protest against parliament's approval of a key component in the hard-right government's controversial judicial reform package, AFP reports.
On Monday, Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu and his coalition allies pushed through a bill in the chamber, which opponents say opens the way to a more authoritarian government. The bill limits the "reasonableness" clause used by the Supreme Court to overturn government decisions that the judges deem unconstitutional.
Waving Israeli flags and chanting "Democracy, Democracy!" protesters rallied on Thursday evening in Tel Aviv, the epicenter of the demonstrations since the judicial overhaul package was first unveiled in January.
