- Despite conflict of interest ruling, Netanyahu says will be fully involved in judicial blitz
- Over 3,000 protesters break through barriers at Religious Zionism event in Petah Tikva, try to enter building
- Defense Minister Gallant to publicly call to halt judicial overhaul as Netanyahu speaks to media
- Police use water cannon against Tel Aviv protesters
- At least 87 protesters arrested across Israel
- Knesset passes law preventing AG from declaring Netanyahu unfit for office
Police use water cannons on demonstrators on Yitzhak Sade Street in Tel Aviv
תל אביב
— Bar Peleg (@bar_peleg) March 23, 2023
תמונת מצב שעה 21:00 - מכת״זית הופעלה על מפגינים באזור יצחק שדה pic.twitter.com/VrZYccRLpi
Protest leaders on Netanyahu's statement: Bizarre show by a dictator in the making, protest will intensify
The leaders of the protest against the judicial coup said in response to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's statement this evening that it was a "bizarre show by a dictator in the making," who instead of stopping the legislation is rushing to take over the Supreme Court.
They
added that the protest will continue to intensify, and that "all calls
for negotiations when the legislation continues are illegitimate."
Despite conflict of interest ruling, Netanyahu says will be fully involved in judicial blitz
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday evening that his government will not stop the legislative blitz on Israel's judiciary and announced that he will be directly involved in the process from now on despite the attorney general's conflict of interest ruling.
Police officers filmed pushing former minister Omer Bar-Lev in Petah Tikva
Officers in the special patrol unit of the Israel Police were filmed pushing former Public Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev into the front of the demonstration that took place outside a Religious Zionism party event in Petah Tikva.
During the demonstration, protestors broke through police barriers surrounding the venue where the event was held.
United Torah Judaism faction say won't stand in way of Netanyahu doing 'what it takes' to reach broad consensus
Degel Hatorah, a non-Hasidic, Lithuanian faction within the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party said Thursday that it "won't stand in the way of the prime minister doing whatever it takes to reach broad consensus and understanding" in order to "prevent the further rift" within the country.
The faction has supported the judicial coup, saying it believes there is a "need to change the legal and constitutional situation" and that "legally, the High Court never granted relief to the ultra-Orthodox public nor protected the ultra-Orthodox minority and its ideology – on any issue."
Hundreds of demonstrators have reached the Azrieli Junction after marching from Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv. About a thousand protesters participate in the march.
Bnei Brak residents shoot fireworks at protesters
ירי זיקוקים לעבר הצעדה ברחוב זבוטינסקי בבני ברק, הזיקוקים נורו מאחד הבניינים באזור pic.twitter.com/cyKb41r1Iu
— Bar Peleg (@bar_peleg) March 23, 2023
Bnei Brak residents are shooting fireworks at protesters, causing protesters to slightly disperse.
200 protesters drum, chant outside home of MK and former UN ambassador Danny Danon in Ra'anana
200 protesters beating drums and chanting outside the home of MK and former UN ambassador Danny Danon in Raanana pic.twitter.com/jXXwiyF1Wo
— Allison K. Sommer (@AllisonKSommer) March 23, 2023
200 protesters in Ra'anana are beating drums and chanting outside the home of lawmaker and former UN ambassador Danny Danon.
Bnei Brak residents offer food, drink to protesters
הבחור הזה, כמו אחרים, מחלק חמין למפגינים pic.twitter.com/wg1vR4nJCs
— Bar Peleg (@bar_peleg) March 23, 2023
As protesters march through the city of Bnei Brak, locals offer food and drink to their "Tel Aviv brothers."
Dozens
of protesters in the city of Bnei Brak are trying to leave the planned
route of the march and confronting police officers who are trying to
prevent them.
Hundreds protest near Netanyahu's private residence in Jerusalem
Hundreds of protesters are demonstrating at the intersection of Gaza and Metudela streets in Jerusalem, near Prime Minister Netanyahu's private home in the neighborhood of Rehavia.
Police begin forcefully dispersing protesters in Petah Tikva outside Religious Zionism event
The police began to forcefully disperse the demonstrators who had gathered outside the venue where a Religious Zionism event is being held.
More than 3,000 protesters previously broke through police barriers at the site of the event.
Hundreds protest in Tel Aviv's Dizengoff Square in alternative to Bnei Brak protest
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered for a demonstration at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv organized by the "Together" movement.
The movement sought to provide an alternative for those uninterested in joining the demonstration in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak Thursday night.
"Our struggle is against government policy, not against the public," the movement said. "A demonstration against the ultra-Orthodox residents of Bnei Brak is wrong, because it is pitting people against people instead of the people against the government.
"All
of us – religious and secular, Jews and Arabs, residents of the center
and of the periphery – have common interests, which this government is
harming. This is all of our home."
Amid nationwide protests, Netanyahu summons Defense Minister Gallant who seeks halt to legislative blitz
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu summoned Defense Minister Yoav Gallant after reports that Gallant would publicly call for a halt to the judicial coup legislation Thursday evening.
Thousands of protesters enter ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak
המארגנים בבני ברק: אנחנו צועדים כדי להציב קו אדום להנהגה החרדית ששותפה להפיכה pic.twitter.com/6ouQbXxPiq
— Haaretz הארץ (@Haaretz) March 23, 2023
The protesters who gathered at the Ayalon Mall in Ramat Gan have entered the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak to protest.
The organizers of the march said at the beginning that "Today, in an unprecedented event, the liberal camp is standing tall. Let's say loudly: No one will trample us again, no one will step on us again, no one ever."
Over 3,000 protesters break through barriers at Religious Zionism event in Petah Tikva, try to enter building
מפגינים בפתח תקוה מוחים מחוץ לאירוע הרמת כוסית לכבוד חג הפסח של הציונות הדתית
'National Shutdown Day'
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- Netanyahu summons Defense Minister Gallant who seeks halt to legislative blitz
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