Hundreds of thousands march in Israel. Former security chiefs beg Netanyahu to halt legal overhaul

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Source: Associated Press

Hundreds of thousands march in Israel. Former security chiefs beg Netanyahu to halt legal overhaul

BY JULIA FRANKEL
Published 12:56 PM EDT, July 22, 2023

JERUSALEM (AP) — Tens of thousands of protesters marched into Jerusalem on Saturday evening and hundreds of thousands of Israelis took to the streets in Tel Aviv and other cities in a last-ditch show of force aimed at blocking Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious judicial overhaul.

Also Saturday, more than 100 of Israel’s former security chiefs signed a letter pleading with the Israeli premier to halt the legislation, and thousands of additional military reservists said they would no longer report for duty, in a protest against the plan.

In scorching heat that reached 33 C (91 F), the procession into Jerusalem turned the city’s main entrance into a sea of blue and white Israeli flags as marchers completed the last leg of a four-day, 70-kilometer (45-mile) trek from Tel Aviv to Israel’s parliament.

The marchers, who grew from hundreds to thousands as the march progressed, were welcomed in Jerusalem by throngs of cheering protesters before they set up camp in rows of small white tents outside the Knesset, or parliament, before Monday’s expected vote. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands flooded the streets of the coastal city of Tel Aviv, the country’s business and cultural capital, as well as in Beersheba, Haifa and Netanya.

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[madaboutharry]

1. Another Narcissistic Sociopath Who Hates Democracy.

Netanyahu has been worse than a pharaoh‘s plague for the people of Israel. His right-wing hateful policies have all but destroyed any possibility for peace. Now he is turning on his own people.

[Israeli]

2. Its not looking good

either we become a Theocracy or there is civil war .

Neither of which is a great option .

[sabbat hunter]

3. I read that

the Israel Supreme court is going to take up if the new law on restricting their powers is legal or not.

This looks like a big showdown.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/26/israel-legal-challenges-supreme-court-power-00108384

[Israeli]

4. Maybe but

it all moves too slowly

And on Wednesday afternoon, the court announced that it would hold a hearing in September on seven of the petitions filed against the law. At the same time, it did not issue an injunction against the law, which formally took effect earlier in the day.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-time-for-reason-will-the-high-court-strike-down-governments-reasonableness-law/

In the meantime Ben Gvir is stirring up shit :

https://www.timesofisrael.com/ben-gvir-visits-temple-mount-on-tisha-bav-drawing-fury-from-palestinians-and-jordan/

I hope Im wrong but in my 73 years of living here I have never experienced such division and emotion
and anger coming from my community .
Not even when they assasinated Rabin .

Its not just about us Leftist kibbutzniks anymore .....although Ben Gvir and Bibi try to blame everything
on the Left .

You should read this :

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/i-dont-want-jewish-unity/?_gl=1*109qp86*_ga*MTg1Nzg0NTU2My4xNjc3NzA4MTc3*_ga_RJR2XWQR34*MTY5MDQ1MzA2Mi42Ni4xLjE2OTA0NTY4MzIuMC4wLjA.

I have a feeling you would agree with every word .