Tens of thousands of protesters converge in Israeli streets for ninth straight week as Netanyahu-led government presses on with proposed judicial overhaul despite mass opposition
Planned overhauls have increasingly divided the Israeli community and given momentum to weekly protests every Saturday.
While others held banners with portraits of Netanyahu and hardline ministers between "From Startup Nation to Shutdown Nation" text.The plans were proposed in January, weeks after Netanyahu's ultranationalist coalition, the most far-right government in the country's history, was sworn in. The debate stems from fears that the changes would weaken the Supreme Court, limit judges' powers, and threaten democratic institutions.The proposals could deal a "severe blow to the economy", former Bank of Israel governors have warned in the country that dubs itself the "start-up nation".
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