Protests over a key Supreme Court reform have been building in Israel for two months – here young Israelis tell theipaper why they are taking part Hannah McCarthy reports:
come from all over the world,” says Elay Banayan, 21. “These are people with different cultures, different ideologies and different ways of life and one of the things that protects the individual inside this big group called Israel is the supreme court.”
After coming to power at the end of last year, the current government is the most right-wing in Israel’s history and is led by, who has previously served as prime minister and is currently facing corruption charges – which he denies, claiming to be the victim of a witch hunt. “They don’t want you to be non-Orthodox; they don’t want you to think about women’s equality in like the workplace; they want you to see women as baby factories and nothing else.”
The legislation that Mr Netanyahu’s government is hoping to pass would also give Israel’s parliament the power to nominate judges.
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