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Thousands gather in Tel Aviv for weekly anti-government protest

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The Times of Israel is liveblogging Saturday’s events as they unfold.

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Lapid says the protesters have come “to save the country.”

“We will fight here in the streets, we will fight in the Knesset, we will fight in the courts, we will save our country, because we refuse to live in an undemocratic country,” Lapid says.

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— יאיר לפיד – Yair Lapid (@yairlapid) February 4, 2023

Thousands gather in Tel Aviv for weekly anti-government protest

Thousands of protesters are gathering in Tel Aviv for two anti-government protests in the coastal city, one on Kaplan Street and the other at Habima Square.

The demonstrations mark the fifth week that opponents of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government will take to the streets, protesting Justice Minister Yariv Levin’s proposals to shake up the judiciary by severely curbing the High Court of Justice’s judicial review powers and cementing political control over the appointment of judges.