Published: 28 February 2023
Last updated: 5 March 2024
Mossad workers reportedly permitted to take part in anti-overhaul protests; Russian speakers join protest: ‘we know what it’s like without democracy’.
‘Largest protests yet’: Masses around country rally against curbing of judiciary (Times of Israel)
Organizers claim 300,000 attend; ex-PM Barak: ‘Worst crisis since state’s formation,’ president must choose side; 21 arrested as protesters block Ayalon Highway, clash with cops
Raising Fists Against Netanyahu's 'Proposed Dictatorship,' Israelis Protest Judicial Coup in Record Numbers (Haaretz)
After Netanyahu says he wants to give the cabinet 'a fist to strike' the protesters, Israelis from across the country come out in droves against the judicial overhaul; Ehud Barak, Rabbi Rick Jacobs address Tel Aviv crowd of over 160,000; Gantz speaks in Haifa, where demonstration draws about 30,000
Mossad workers reportedly permitted to take part in anti-overhaul protests (Times of Israel)
Intel agency’s chief David Barnea said to let lower-ranking employees join demos; Netanyahu says he wants to ‘punch back’ against protesters, reportedly likens them to anti-vaxxers
‘We Know What It’s Like Without Democracy’: Russian Speakers Join Israel’s Protest Wave (Haaretz)
For a growing number of Israel’s 1.2 million Russian-speaking immigrants, the government’s efforts to overhaul the judiciary are starting to feel awfully familiar – and making them take to the streets
Predicting dictatorship, ex-PM Barak says citizens may need to disobey leaders (Times of Israel)
Likud files police complaint against former premier, defense minister and chief of staff, who says danger to Israeli democracy from judicial overhaul push is ‘immediate and real’
