The Times of Israel is liveblogging Saturday’s events as they occur.
Police say officers have detained and later released a man in his 70s from central Israel for allegedly threatening Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a social media video.
The suspect, from the Sharon region — the coastal plain south of Haifa and north of Tel Aviv — is suspected of recording a video in which he “expresses himself, among other things, towards the PM, in a manner that constitutes a suspicion of the offense of threats,” police say.
After questioning, the man is released to house arrest, police add.
A number of Bedouin Israelis are protesting against the government’s legal overhaul plans at the Hura junction in southern Israel, in an apparent first.
Standing alongside several Jewish Israelis, the group holds signs reading “This is the home of all of us” and “Equal rights and democracy for all of us.”
Demonstrators are gathering at dozens of locations across the country for the 11th consecutive weekend of protests since Justice Minister Yariv Levin announced the plan to strip power from the country’s courts to the benefit of the ruling coalition, setting off a fierce backlash from opponents who believe the move will fundamentally alter Israel’s democratic system by removing the only real check on unfettered majority rule.
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Police say they have detained a man for questioning over graffiti denouncing Justice Minister Yariv Levin that was spray-painted on an outer wall of his home in Modiin.
The graffiti found yesterday called Levin “the enemy of the people.”
Police say the suspect in his 60s, also a resident of Modiin, is being questioned at a local police station over the circumstances of the incident and motive.
Levin, a top Likud party confidante of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is a leading figure in the government’s push to overhaul the judicial system, which has been met with mass protests.
Police begin to close main roads in central Tel Aviv ahead of major anti-government rallies that will be held in the coastal city this evening.
Tens of thousands of people are expected at the main protest on Kaplan Street.
Several more demonstrations are anticipated in other cities around the country, including Jerusalem, Haifa, Herzliya and Beersheba.
Opponents of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government have been taking to the streets for 11 straight weeks to protest Justice Minister Yariv Levin’s proposals to shake up the judiciary by severely curbing the High Court of Justice’s judicial review powers and cementing political control over the appointment of judges.
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Demonstrators begin to gather for 11th straight weekend of anti-overhaul rallies
The Times of Israel is liveblogging Saturday’s events as they occur.
Police say officers have detained and later released a man in his 70s from central Israel for allegedly threatening Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a social media video.
The suspect, from the Sharon region — the coastal plain south of Haifa and north of Tel Aviv — is suspected of recording a video in which he “expresses himself, among other things, towards the PM, in a manner that constitutes a suspicion of the offense of threats,” police say.
After questioning, the man is released to house arrest, police add.
A number of Bedouin Israelis are protesting against the government’s legal overhaul plans at the Hura junction in southern Israel, in an apparent first.
Standing alongside several Jewish Israelis, the group holds signs reading “This is the home of all of us” and “Equal rights and democracy for all of us.”
Demonstrators are gathering at........
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