Israeli Police Use Water Cannons On Protesters After Knesset Votes To Impose Limits On High Court Rulings

July 24, 2023 News, Politics

The New York Times reports:

The Israeli Parliament passed a law Monday that limits the Supreme Court’s ability to overturn decisions made by government ministers, completing the first stage of a wider and deeply contentious effort to curb the influence of the judiciary.

The court is now barred from overruling the national government using the legal standard of “reasonableness,” a concept that judges previously used to block ministerial appointments and contest planning decisions, among other government measures.

Mr. Netanyahu was in the chamber as lawmakers began voting on Monday, a day after he was rushed to the hospital for an emergency procedure to implant a pacemaker.

Haaretz reports:

Sixty-four voted in favor of the law and zero voted against it as opposition lawmakers left the Knesset in protest. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant voted in favor despite having previously called for a compromise.

Twenty-thousand protesters are demonstrating outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, chanting “democracy or rebellion.” Police are working to evacuate some of the demonstrators from a nearby park.

“The state of Israel will survive solely because of the millions [of protesters] who protected it with their bodies in the past months,” said protest leaders. “We will continue to struggle in order to preserve Israel’s liberal democracy, and we will not stop until the threat is removed.”

The Jerusalem Post reports:

Israel Police employed water cannons and made several arrests during anti-judicial reform protests outside the Knesset in Jerusalem on Monday as law enforcement attempted to remove demonstrators from the roads near the parliament.

Videos and pictures showed thick plumes of water being shot into crowds from hoses mounted on large vehicles.

Police attempted to manually evacuate the protesters, but many had linked themselves together with bicycle locks. Demonstrators outside the High Court of Justice building also tied themselves together in anticipation of police action.



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