Thousands poured onto the streets in rallies across the country, many waving Israeli flags, and police reported at least a half-dozen highways had been blocked.
Dozens entered the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, tossing fake banknotes as symbols of corruption.
[1/3]People demonstrate on the 'Day of National Resistance' in protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nationalist coalition government's judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, Israel July 18, 2023.
A group describing itself as military reservists opposed to the judicial overhaul attempted to block the entrance to the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) in Tel Aviv.
Still, the coalition looked set to bring the bill to the plenum on Sunday for final votes before the July 30 recess.
Persons:
Benjamin Netanyahu's, Netanyahu, Jonathan Eran Kali, Kali, Bezalel Smotrich, Benjamin Netanyahu, Corinna Kern, Herzi Halevi, Halevi, Noam Sohlberg, Dan Williams, Conor Humphries
Organizations:
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, Reuters, Finance, of, Israeli, REUTERS, Israel Defence Forces, Thomson
Locations:
TEL AVIV, Tel Aviv, Israel