Israeli police announced that four people were detained during protests against judicial reform. newspaper reports Israeli times referring to a representative of the department.
4 suspects, who were taken into custody for allegedly using security and violence against the police during this march, were taken to the police station for questioning.
Previously, those who organized the demonstrations in Israel said that about 400,000 people were against the judicial reform. appeared nationwide protests
On February 20, protesters gathered near the Israeli Knesset building (the country’s parliament) where it is planned to start the parliamentary debate on the first part of the judicial reform. Israeli police estimated the number of protesters at 20,000. It was noted that many protesters came to the demonstrations from Tel Aviv and the center of the country, and the trains to Jerusalem were jammed.
Protests against the proposed new Israeli justice minister, Yariv Levin, have been going on for more than three months. The reform includes removing the judiciary’s arms of pressure on the government, which, according to protesters, undermines the foundations of the separation of powers system, which is divided into three branches: legislative, judicial and executive. dictatorship.