Thousands of people protested on Saturday night at several intersections across the country, under the title: “The people demand judicial reform”.
The demonstrations come ahead of a “million-man demonstration” which is expected to take place this Thursday in Jerusalem, with the participation of hundreds of thousands of people from all over the country.
Saturday night”s demonstrations took place at the Shilat junction at the entrance to the city of Modi’in, at the Kiryon junction in Kiryat Bialik, at the Kfar Ganim Mall in Petah Tikva, in Rosh Haayin, in Ashkelon, at the police square in Hadera, at the Beit Dagan junction, at the Zichron Ya’akov junction, in Be’er Sheva and in other places throughout the country.
Earlier on Saturday night, Minister of Justice and Deputy Prime Minister Yariv Levin announced that he will participate in the “million-man demonstration” this Thursday in Jerusalem. Levin called on the public to participate in the demonstration.
Minister Levin wrote, “On Thursday at 7:00 p.m. we will all go to Jerusalem to stand between the Knesset building and the Supreme Court building, and say with an unprecedented intensity: The people demand judicial reform. Our voice is equal and the mandate received by the right-wing government must be realized. I will be there, and I call on each and every one of you not to stay at home. Come out. Demonstrate. Influence. Change.”
The participants of the demonstration on Thursday will demand that the judicial reform be passed already in the upcoming summer session of the Knesset.