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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Rami Amichay

Five months in with no deal in sight, Israel's judicial protests endure

An aerial view shows women dressed as handmaidens from "The Handmaid's Tale" as they take part in a demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nationalist coalition government's judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, Israel May 27, 2023. REUTERS/Ilan Rosenberg

Amid a sea of hundreds, perhaps thousands of Israeli flags at an anti-government protest in Tel Aviv on Saturday, a plain white poster protruded with a handwritten message in black: "Democracy without compromise."

For five months now, tens of thousands of Israelis have taken to the street every week to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's proposed judicial overhaul that would give politicians greater sway over selecting judges.

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