Throughout the day there will be demonstrations, protest marches and roadblocks. The day will begin with marches of parents and children outside educational institutions across the country, and will end with demonstrations in Tel Aviv and in front of the Prime Minister’s residence on Gaza Street in Jerusalem.
The organizers of the protest said: “We will disrupt the public order in front of a government that is trying to disrupt the democratic order. Tens of thousands went to activities throughout the country.”
There will be several demonstrations in Tel Aviv: at 8:30 a.m. in front of the Eretz Israel Museum plaza, where former Air Force Commander Dan Halutz, former Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin and Major General Dan Harel will speak. A protest march will leave the place. At 10:00 a march will take place from the square Dizengoff through Hamima Square to Kaplan Street in Tel Aviv. In Herzliya, the residents will demonstrate in the city hall square. The demonstration will be led by Prof. Karin Nahon from Reichman University and Prof. Lior Zemer, Dean of the Law School at Reichman University.
At the same time, at 10:00 a.m. caravans of agricultural implements will disrupt traffic as they leave dozens of kibbutzim across the country, and in Haifa there will be a demonstration by lecturers, teachers and students in the Horev center. At 12:00 the hi-techists will demonstrate at various centers in employment centers and at 14:00 there will be a rally of the health professions and academia in front of the court in Tel Aviv. The demonstration will be held under the title “No democracy, no health”. According to the organizers, doctors, mental health professionals, social work, academia, medical teams, and citizens will take part in the demonstration. At 12:30 a protest march will leave the Ichilov Hospital.
At 16:00 a demonstration is planned in the Rose Garden in Jerusalem at the same time as demonstrations in front of the houses of ministers and members of the Knesset, at 19:00 the Crimea Minister movement will hold a demonstration in front of the Prime Minister’s residence on Gaza Street in Jerusalem and at 20:00 a demonstration at Beit Ariela on Shaul Hamelech Street in Tel Aviv.
Amendments to the legislation as part of the legal reform:
● Changing the composition of the committee for the selection of judges so that the coalition controls the appointments – Approved on first reading
● The candidates for the Supreme will appear before the Constitution Committee – Approved on first reading
● High Court judges will not be able to invalidate fundamental laws – Approved on first reading
● In order to invalidate a law, the consent of all 12 or 13 High Court judges will be required – Confirmed in advance reading
● A superseding clause will allow the Knesset to re-enact a law that was invalidated by a majority of 61 MKs – Confirmed in advance reading
● The court will not be able to pass judicial review on the appointment of ministers – Confirmed in advance reading
● The court will not be able to invalidate the decisions of the government and elected officials due to the reason of reasonableness – In the debates in the Constitution Committee before the first reading
● Legal advice to the government will not be binding. Ministers will be able to appoint advisers on their behalf – Not currently promoted
The vote on the overcoming clause
According to the bill to weaken the power of the High Court (fundamental law: the superseding clause), the Knesset will be able to re-enact laws that contradict fundamental laws, with a majority of 61 members of the Knesset. The Knesset will also be able to determine in advance in the law that it cannot be disqualified by this majority if it is written explicitly.
According to the proposal, the High Court’s ability to invalidate laws will also be significantly limited: it will be possible to invalidate laws by a majority of 12 out of 15 supreme judges (80%), and only if the composition judges agreed that the law clearly contradicts a fundamental law. This means a possible reduction of the rights that until now were considered are protected, including the right to equality and freedom of expression that are not explicitly included in the basic law: human dignity and freedom.