Sunday, April 16, 2023

Tens of thousands at nationwide pro-judicial reform demonstrations

Thousands of people gathered in several locations countrywide Saturday evening to show support for the government's judicial reform legislation and to proclaim: "They won't steal our vote."

Among the participants were ministers, MKs, and public figures.

At the Poleg Junction in Netanya, thousands demonstrated, among them National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, MKs Tali Gottlieb, Nissim Vaturi, Ariel Kallner, Sasson Gueta, and Avichay Buaron, and right-wing organization Im Tirzu CEO Matan Peleg. Roee Amgar, one of the demonstration organizers, stated, "The nation demands judicial reform. We live in a dictatorship of the courts and the clerks. The nation chose judicial reform; the nation will win."

Hundreds also demonstrated outside the President's Residence in Jerusalem and called on the President not to harm the nation's will. Among those at the demonstration were MKs Amit Halevi and Dan Illouz, as well as the activist Berale Crombie.

In Hadera, MK Ariel Kelner participated in a rally. In Kfar Saba, hundreds of pro-reform demonstrators blocked Weitzman Street. Addition demonstrations were held nationwide in Beit Dagan, Kiryat Bialik, Petah Tikva, Herzliya, the Shilat junction near Modiin, and additional locations. READ MORE