Tens of thousands of protesters have blocked roads across Israel, after vowing to escalate action against the government’s planned judicial reforms. Police used water cannon to clear the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway, and at least 42 people have been arrested. It comes after a bill to remove the power of the Supreme Court to review ministers’ decisions passed its first reading in parliament on Monday night.
Coverage of protests is so annoying. I’m not interested in how many tires are burnt or even whether the arsonists are “left” or “right”, please remind the reader what is all about. Curtailing the power of the supreme court to review legislation about WHAT? Freeing the ministers to enact WHAT? People are not jeopardizing their military careers over nerdy details of governance.
