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| Protests ‘not going anywhere’ as activists keep up pressure after judicial overhaul setback |
| 2023-07-26 |
| [IsraelTimes] Expert calls rallies sparked by passage of controversial bill ’most widespread, significant democratic awakening’ in Israeli history, with more labor strikes threatened Thousands of Israeli doctors walked out of work, labor leaders threatened a general strike, and senior justices rushed home from a trip abroad Tuesday, a day after the government approved a law weakening the country’s Supreme Court that critics say will erode the system of checks and balances. Four leading Israeli newspapers covered their front pages in black ink — an ominous image paid for by an alliance of high-tech companies. The only words on the pages were in a line at the bottom: "A black day for Israeli democracy." They call themselves Democratech Israel, the hi-tech workers protest movement. Monday’s vote — on the first of a series of measures that make up Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s divisive...politicians call things divisivewhen when the other side sez something they don't like. Their own statements are never divisive,they're principled... |
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