18th Week of Protests Across Israel Demands Judicial Overhaul

Tens of thousands of protesters rallied across Israel for the 18th week in a row against the government's plans to overhaul the judicial system, seeking to maintain a vocal opposition to the currently-paused legislative proposals amid ongoing negotiations to reach a broad consensus for reform. The government's planned judicial overhaul has sparked widespread opposition across Israel, with senior legal, security, and economic figures warning the move will undermine democracy by removing the system of checks and balances and as such will harm the country's security and economy.