Thousands of Israelis continue to protest against government

• Demonstrators wave Israeli flags, scream “Democracy” and “No to dictature”.
• Protests are in response to the killing of seven people in an attack on a Jerusalem synagogue.
• Israel shot down both attacks with its Iron Dome air defense system.

For the fourth week in a row, tens of thousands of Israelis have demonstrated against the right-wing administration throughout the nation.

The most recent demonstration took place on Saturday, with participants waving Israeli flags and screaming “Democracy” and “No to dictature” on Kaplan Street in Tel Aviv.

The demonstration, like in previous weeks, was primarily focused on the government’s suggested measures that will damage the judicial system.

A majority in parliament should be able to adopt a law, even if the Supreme Court finds that it breaches the Basic Law, in accordance with proposals by Justice Minister Yariv Levin.

Levin also wants to alter the makeup of the committee that selects judges. The extensive adjustments might also benefit Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his ongoing corruption trial, in which he is charged with fraud, breach of trust, and corruption.

Netanyahu charges the Supreme Court with interfering excessively in political judgements. If the proposals are carried out, some experts have already expressed concern about the country’s democracy.

If implemented, the reform would represent the most significant alteration to Israel’s political structure. Netanyahu, though, asserts that he was given the go-ahead to implement judicial reforms by millions of Israelis.

Others demonstrators criticized how the nation treated Palestinians.

“There is no democracy with occupation,” one sign read.

There have been regular protests against the government for several weeks, with more than 100,000 people turning up in Tel Aviv on January 21.

The demonstrations this week are in response to the killing of seven people on Friday in an attack on a synagogue in occupied East Jerusalem.

In the vicinity of Jerusalem’s Old City on Saturday, a 13-year-old shot two Israelis and critically injured them.

That came after an Israeli military assault in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on Thursday resulted in nine Palestinian deaths and numerous injuries.

32 Palestinians had been slain by Israeli soldiers this month in total.

Grief and rage were sparked by the deadly Israeli strike in the beleaguered Gaza Strip. Israel was attacked with rockets; the Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.

Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system shot them down early on Friday, and Israel launched airstrikes on targets in Gaza that it claimed were utilized by armed organizations like Hamas and Islamic Jihad.

In response to the two shooting incidents, Netanyahu’s Security Cabinet, which is made up of hardline MPs who support the occupied West Bank’s illegal settlement movement, approved sanctions against Palestinians on Saturday.

According to Netanyahu’s office, the Security Cabinet decided to immediately shut off the attacker’s house before demolishing it.

Additionally, it intends to stop providing social security benefits to the terrorists’ family, make it simpler for Israelis to obtain gun licenses, and intensify attempts to gather guns it deems to be “illegal.”

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