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Israeli police fire stun grenades on pro-judiciary protests

Israeli police struggle with protesters while they demonstrate as Prime Minister Netanyahu's far-right government presses on with its contentious judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv [Amir Cohen/Reuters]

Israeli police have fired stun grenades in Tel Aviv as scuffles broke out across the country amid a “day of disruption” protest as lawmakers ploughed ahead with judicial changes that opponents see as a threat to democracy.

“Israel is not a dictatorship, Israel is not Hungary,” protesters blocking the main highway from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem shouted on Wednesday, waving blue and white Israeli flags.

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