The protests led Netanyahu to suspend the overhaul in March, but he decided to revive the plan last month after compromise talks with the political opposition collapsed. Mass protests have taken place since Netanyahu’s far-right government presented the overhaul plan in January, days after taking office.
“Civil war! I think we’re going that way if they’re not going to stop,” said Adi Somech, one of the protesters. Police kept the crowd from entering the terminal, and travel was not disrupted.
An estimated 10,000 people gathered outside the main hall, blowing horns and waving blue and white Israeli flags. Netanyahu’s ultranationalist and ultra-Orthodox allies have proposed a series of bills that have provoked months of sustained protests by opponents who say the country is being pushed toward authoritarian rule.Īnti-overhaul activists demonstrated nationwide throughout the day, including a mass protest Tuesday afternoon at Ben-Gurion International Airport. The demonstrations came the morning after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s parliamentary coalition gave initial approval to a bill to limit the Supreme Court’s oversight powers, pressing forward with a plan that has bitterly divided the nation. JERUSALEM (AP) - Thousands of Israeli protesters took to the streets Tuesday, blocking major highways and thronging the country’s main international airport, in countrywide demonstrations against the government’s contentious plan to overhaul the country’s judicial system.
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