Here’s Israel’s judicial proposal that drew people to protest

Protesters are demanding that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu withdraw his plan to change the powers of the judiciary, arguing that it will weaken its independence [Ammar Awad/Reuters]

The Israeli government is in crisis due to divisions over controversial plans to overhaul the country’s judicial system.

Tens of thousands of Israelis took to the streets yet again on Sunday night in unprecedentedly large protests that rocked the coastal city of Tel Aviv and West Jerusalem.