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Levin to speak at protest against ‘Supreme Court rule’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged Israelis to show up en masse at the protest to show support for “true democracy.”

Israeli Minister of Justice Yariv Levin seen during a government conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on September 10, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ????? ????? ???? ???? ?? ??????? ??????
Israeli Minister of Justice Yariv Levin seen during a government conference at the Prime Minister’s office in Jerusalem on September 10, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ????? ????? ???? ???? ?? ??????? ??????

Israeli Justice Minister Yariv Levin is scheduled to speak on Thursday evening at a large right-wing rally outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, according to a report on Wednesday.

The rally, held under the slogan, “They will not disqualify the people’s choice,” is being held in protest against what organizers say is the court’s interference in management of Israel’s war against Hamas and other government decisions, according to Israel Hayom.

The event was organized by the Tekuma movement, an Israel-based NGO founded by activist Berale Crombie, alongside groups that represent some of the families of fallen Israel Defense Forces soldiers and Israeli hostages. The rally is scheduled to take place at 7 p.m. on Thursday outside the court.

“The judicial system and judicial activism, along with the bureaucratic elite in Israel, are preventing decision-makers from acting,” Crombie said in a statement published by the Tekuma movement on May 30.

“They are obstructing the right-wing government and limiting its ability to advance its policies. They are harming the effort to achieve victory in the war, delaying settlement in Judea and Samaria and interfering with the development of strategic farms and the establishment of new communities,” he continued.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged Israelis on Tuesday to show up en masse at the protest to show support for “true democracy.”

“They are in favor of true democracy. The rule of the [unelected] officials says that the greatest danger to democracy is democracy—that’s what they think, but we don’t think that way—and I think that most of the public understands that today,” Netanyahu said in a video message.

Netanyahu’s governing coalition shelved large parts of its judicial reform platform in the wake of Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, cross-border attacks on southern Israel, in which 1,200 people were massacred.

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