On Saturday, March 11, nearly 250,000 people across Israel came out to protest judicial reform. These release reports Jerusalem Post.
The publication states that cities across Israel are seeing record numbers of protesters. There are about 50,000 people in Haifa, a city record. According to organizers, there are about 9,000 protesters in Ra’anan, 3,500 in Kiryat Ono and more than 3,000 in Rehovot.
“We will not accept the subordination of the legal system to the government, neither in the committee on the appointment of judges, nor in the appointment of the chief justice of the Supreme Court,” the marchers said. He said he was protesting judicial reform.
It was learned that there was an Israeli Air Force officer before. suspended from working to organize strikes against judicial reform.
According to the publication, the pilot acted as the leader of the protest movement. He was suspended pending an appeal to the Chief of Staff for misconduct in connection with the ongoing protests against the government’s policy of overhauling the judiciary.
Major General Tomer Bar, Commander of the Israeli Air Force, noted that he respected the suspended officer and that he was his commander.