9 Apr. (EUROPE PRESS) –
Some 140,000 demonstrators have protested this Saturday against the judicial reform promoted by the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, who also faces growing tensions between Israelis and Palestinians.
The protests, which began with a minute of silence for the victims of the attacks perpetrated last Friday in which three people lost their lives, have continued despite the fact that the authorities asked that they not be carried out for security reasons, according to reports. published in the newspaper ‘The Times of Israel’.
“This government is destroying the country’s security, economy, social cohesion and security. We ask all citizens to take to the streets en masse this weekend. Democracy is the best defense for the State of Israel,” they have declared the organizers of the protest, who have called “not to let terrorism win”.
However, the organizers of the protests have agreed to cancel the usual march that follows the rallies, beginning with the massive evening walk that has been touring the city of Tel Aviv every Saturday for the past 14 weeks.
Some groups of army reservists, including pilots and Special Forces officers, have threatened not to report for military service if judicial reform goes ahead amid heightened tensions with both the Palestinians and other countries in the region.
The protests scheduled in Raanana, Netanya, Akiva and Karkur have been canceled due to the attacks, although the organizers have assured that they will call them again next week.
