Protesters start an indefinite camp against judicial reform in Jerusalem

July 22 (EUROPA PRESS) –

Members of the Student Protest group have set up tents in Jerusalem’s Saker Park, very close to the Knesset or Israeli Parliament, to demand the stoppage of the controversial judicial reform promoted by the Government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“We will not move until the bill is stopped,” the group announced on its Twitter account in a message accompanied by photographs of campaign tents already set up in the park.

Tens of thousands of people have arrived this Saturday afternoon at the Knesset in a march against the judicial reform initiated last Tuesday in Tel Aviv under the slogan “We will not allow you to destroy our home”, in reference to Netanyahu.

לא זזים, עד שהחקיקה לא עוצרת: פעילות ופעילי מחאת הסטודנטיות והסטוד נטים החלו בהקמת עיר האוהלים בגן סאקר.

אנחנו לא מתכוונים לוותר, ולא ניכנע לניסיונות של הממשלה להרתיע את ה מחאה. עד שנתניהו לא יחדול – אנחנו לא מתכוונים לזוז מכאן. מזמינות את כל משתתפי הצעדה להצטרף אלינו. pic.twitter.com/bbgemYwb6P

— מחאת הסטודנטים Students Protest (@1StudentProtest) July 22, 2023

There are also rallies called for this Saturday in front of the official residence of the prime minister and on Kaplan street in Tel Aviv, the epicenter of the Saturday protests for 29 weeks. There are another 150 acts and concentrations called throughout the country.

The Government intends to approve between Monday and Tuesday a law that prohibits the Supreme Court and other courts from applying the criterion of “reasonableness” to veto Executive decisions.