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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Emma Loffhagen

Israel judicial reform: What are the protests about?

Israeli police fired water cannons on protesters on Monday after the country’s parliament approved a deeply controversial law to limit the powers of the Supreme Court.

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv to protest a series of drastic changes to the country’s judicial system under the right-wing government, which they fear will weaken checks on the executive branch.

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