- Title: Drone footage shows thousands marching against Israel's judicial overhaul
- Date: 27th March 2023
- Summary: JERUSALEM (MARCH 27, 2023) (REUTERS) DRONE FOOTAGE SHOWING THOUSANDS OF ISRAELIS NEAR ISRAEL'S PARLIAMENT KNESSET, PROTESTING AGAINST JUDICIARY OVERHAUL AND MINISTER DISMISS DRONE FOOTAGE SHOWING A HUGE BANNER READING IN (English): SAVE OUR STARTUP NATION
- Embargoed: 10th April 2023 13:52
- Keywords: Gallant Israel Netanyahu knesset protesters
- Location: JERUSALEM/TEL AVIV, ISRAEL
- City: JERUSALEM/TEL AVIV, ISRAEL
- Country: Israel
- Topics: Lawmaking,Middle East,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001057127032023RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Thousands of Israelis protested on Monday (March 27) against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government's judicial overhaul.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been expected to make a televised statement on Monday morning announcing the plans, which he says are needed to restore balance to the system of government but that critics see as a threat to democracy, had been suspended.
Earlier, an official in the ruling Likud party and another source closely involved in the legislation said Netanyahu would suspend the overhaul, which has ignited some of the biggest street demonstrations in Israel's history and drawn a rare intervention by the head of state.
While the government says the overhaul is needed to rein in activist judges and set a proper balance between the elected government and the judiciary, opponents see it as an undermining of legal checks and balances and a threat to Israel's democracy.
Netanyahu, on trial on corruption charges that he denies, has so far vowed to continue with the project.
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