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Bethan McKernan and Quique Kierzenbaum in Jerusalem

Netanyahu halts judicial overhaul but fight is far from over

Protesters outside the Knesset in Jerusalem
Protesters outside the Knesset in Jerusalem on Monday. Photograph: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images

One word is heard more often than any other on the streets of Jerusalem these days: democratia, or democracy.

About 100,000 people sang, shouted and banged pots and pans outside the Knesset building on Monday afternoon, many carrying Israel’s blue and white flag. The demonstrators were tired; some had been up all night.

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