2023-07-11 12:42:33
The Israeli Police have arrested at least 42 demonstrators for “violating public order”, in a new day of massive protests throughout the country against the judicial reform promoted by the Government of Benjamin Netanyahu. The agents have come to use water cannons to disperse the demonstrations, a method censured by doctors, considering it disproportionate and harmful to health.
Sixteen of the arrests occurred in the Tel Aviv district, fifteen in the central area of the country, eight in Jerusalem and three in the district on the Mediterranean coast, a police spokesman reported in the count carried out up to 11:00 local time ( 10.00 Spanish peninsular time).
“The Israel Police will continue to allow freedom of expression and protest within the limits of the law, but will not allow the violation of public order, the disruption of traffic rules and the risk to all road users,” it said. .
Thousands of protesters against judicial reform took Israel’s main highways and highways early, cutting off access to major cities such as Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa, in a new day of massive protests across the country.
This new “Jordanian resistance” has been convened this Tuesday after the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) approved this morning in first reading a bill that eliminates the doctrine of reasonableness, which allows the Supreme Court to review and revoke government decisions based on whether these are reasonable or not, one of the pillars of judicial reform.
The leaders of the protests – a very broad movement that brings together multiple sectors, from the high-tech, the university, to the reservists – called on citizens to “come together and safeguard Israeli democracy,” in a statement.
Police dispersed protesters from some roads they had closed since early in the morning, but about a thousand people are still blocking parts of Highway 1, which connects Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
The “day of resistance” will continue in the afternoon with a large concentration at the Ben Gurion international airport, to then continue to the US embassy in Tel Aviv and Kaplan avenue in that city, which has become the epicenter of the protests since they began a few years ago. already 28 weeks.
In parallel, there are also protests called in front of the prime minister’s residence in Jerusalem, and in other cities throughout the country.
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