Israeli protesters scuffle with police outside justice minister’s home
Israeli demonstrators flooded the streets outside the residence of the hawkish justice minister on Monday, scuffling with the police.
Regime troops moved to control the crowds outside Yariv Levin’s home in Modiin.
The major grievance of the anti-regime demonstrators has been the highly controversial judicial overhaul scheme presented by the cabinet of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The roughly 200 demonstrators blew horns, chanted through megaphones against the regime and brandished signs.
Six people were arrested on charges of disrupting public order and blocking roads.
After a few hours, Levin left his besieged home in a sleek black car surrounded by security guards who tried to clear a path for him through the swarm of protesters.
Israel is facing its worst domestic political crisis in years.
The protests have seen the 36th straight week.
Proponents of the plan say it helps redistribute the balance of power between the politicians and the judiciary. Its opponents, however, accuse Netanyahu of trying his hand at a power grab.
The prime minister is on trial on several counts of corruption charges. He is said to be attempting to use the scheme to quash possible judgments against him.
The far-right cabinet has already passed one of the scheme’s bills through the Knesset, which removed the court’s power to strike down the cabinet’s decisions or appointments on the basis of being “unreasonable.”
The supreme court, for the first time in its history, will convene its entire 15-judge bench on Tuesday, September 12, to hear an appeal against that bill.
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