More than 100,000 thousands of people demonstrated in Tel Aviv on Saturday against the reform of the judiciary pushed by the ruling coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu.
On Saturday, Israelis once again took to the streets in cities to oppose plans for a radical overhaul of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, which plans to curtail the powers of the Supreme Court.
Demonstrations against changes in the judiciary have now been going on for 33 weeks and are accompanied by a huge turnout. This time around 100,000 people would appear on the streets of Israel’s capital. people. Some of the earlier protests drew up to half a million protesters.
Protests in Israel
After some time, reserve soldiers joined the protests. Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Herci Halevi and Chief of the Air Force Gen. Tomer Bar recently admitted that the reservist protests are having an increasingly negative effect on the army’s combat readiness.
Thousands of reserve soldiers announced in protest that they would not volunteer. In late July, 1,142 Israeli Air Force reservists, including more than 400 pilots, published an open letter announcing they would suspend their service in opposition to the reform.
It is worth noting in this context that half of Israel’s military pilots are reservists.
Judicial reform
The reform of the judiciary was announced in January by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition cabinet. The project includes: increasing government control over the election process of Supreme Court judges, as well as the ability to overturn Supreme Court rulings by a majority of 61 votes in the 120-member Knesset.
Benjamin Netanyahu justified the government’s actions with a desire to achieve “a balance between the authorities”. However, according to some media outlets, the reform will in practice give the ruling powers full control over the appointment of judges and will prohibit the Supreme Court, which acts as the Supreme Court in Israel, from reviewing constitutional laws, which is believed to erode power in the to centralize the hands of the government.
Opponents of the changes argue that the independence and independence of judges will be greatly weakened. In this regard, they point out that Israel has no constitution and that its parliament consists of only one chamber, controlled by the ruling coalition.
Source: Do Rzeczy
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