Tens of thousands of Israelis opposed to a judicial overhaul sought by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu marched to Jerusalem on Saturday, as pressure mounts on his right-wing government to scrap a bill that would curtail the Supreme Court’s powers.
The protesters had walked for several days through a heatwave with their numbers swelling as they reached the city gates.
Tens of thousands more protested across the country, including around 100,000 people in business hub Tel Aviv. Critics say the amendment is being rushed through parliament and will open the door to abuse of power. The crisis has even sown divisions within the military, long viewed as an apolitical melting pot for a fractious society, with concerns about war-readiness voiced on both sides of the debate.
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