President Isaac Herzog calls for judicial reform to be stopped “immediately”, mobilization continues against the project

A call “in the name of the unity of the people of Israel”. On Twitter on Monday March 27, the President of Israel, Isaac Herzogasks the government of Binyamin Netanyahu to stop “immediately” the legislative work on the judicial reform project, in response to the “deep concern” expressed by the protesters.

“Security, economy, society, everything is under threat. The eyes of the people of Israel are on you. The eyes of all the Jewish people are on you. The eyes of the whole world are on you,” said Isaac Herzog on the social network.

The Head of State launched this appeal after thousands of people demonstrated in Tel Aviv (Israel) overnight from Sunday to Monday, following the dismissal by Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu of his Defense Minister, who called for a one-month break in judicial reform.

More than 150 events

This highly controversial reform aims to increase the power of elected officials over that of magistrates in Israel. It jeopardizes the democratic character of the Jewish state, according to opponents of the project. Binyamin Netanyahu and his far-right and ultra-Orthodox allies consider it necessary, on the contrary, to restore a balanced balance of power between elected officials and the Supreme Court, which they accuse of being politicized.

In reaction to the dismissal of the Minister of Defence, uA large crowd gathered overnight in Tel Aviv to protest the plan. Demonstrations took place in more than 150 locations across the country, according to police. Israel’s main labor and business leaders, who met yesterday, are to call a general strike on Monday.