World News | Netanyahu supporters block highways in support of justice plan

TEL AVIV, March 30 (AP) — Thousands of right-wing Israelis blocked a major highway in Tel Aviv on Thursday as they demonstrated in support of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to overhaul the country’s judicial system.

The crowds were much smaller than the hundreds of thousands who have taken to the streets in recent months to protest the plan.

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But the party had the same effect. Protesters honked their car horns and hoisted blue and white Israeli flags — crippling traffic along the Ayalon Highway, the north-south arterial that runs through the coastal city.

After particularly violent protests, Netanyahu this week froze the plan and began negotiations with his political opponents aimed at finding a compromise. But his opponents have also vowed to continue protesting.

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The plan would give Netanyahu’s parliamentary coalition control over judicial appointments and the power to overturn Supreme Court rulings it opposes.

Netanyahu and his allies say the plan is needed to rein in a system in which unelected activist judges wield too much power in political matters.

Opponents say the changes would undermine the system of checks and balances by concentrating too much power in the hands of Netanyahu and his allies in parliament. They also said Netanyahu had a conflict of interest while he was on trial on criminal charges and did not interfere in the business of the country’s legal system. (Associated Press)

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