Protest in pictures: Scenes from Israel's 'Day of Resistance'
Numerous different protests started in Israel's major cities early Tuesday morning. Here's how they looked.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFFUpdated: JULY 18, 2023 14:56 Demonstrators lift placards as they stage a 'day of resistance' to protest the Israeli government's judicial overhaul bill, in Tel Aviv on July 18, 2023. (photo credit: JACK GUEZ/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES)
Multiple protests took place throughout Israel on Tuesday, beginning early in the morning, as part of the "National Day of Resistance" against the government's planned judicial reforms.
Here's how the demonstrations looked throughout the country:
Protesters wearing 'Handmaid's Tale' costumes demonstrate at Lahav Junction in central Israel on July 18, 2023 during the nationwide 'Day of Resistance.' (credit: MOSHE TAYIR VIA MAARIV) People demonstrate on the 'Day of National Resistance' in protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nationalist coalition government's judicial reform, in Tel Aviv, Israel July 18, 2023. (credit: CORINNA KERN/REUTERS) People demonstrate on the 'Day of National Resistance' in protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nationalist coalition government's judicial reform, on a highway leading to Jerusalem July 18, 2023. (credit: RONEN ZVULUN/REUTERS)
The most major protests took place in Tel Aviv, with hi-tech workers and the Brothers in Arms reserves organization infiltrating the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange to make their voices heard.
Israelis protest against the government's judicial reform in Tel Aviv, July 18, 2023. (credit: TOMER NEUBERG/FLASH90)Israelis block the entrance to the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv as they protest the governments planned judicial reform. July 18, 2023. (credit: Chaim Goldberg/Flash90) People demonstrate on the 'Day of National Resistance' in protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nationalist coalition government's judicial reform, in Tel Aviv, Israel July 18, 2023. (credit: CORINNA KERN/REUTERS)
Protesters also demonstrated in front of the rabbinical court Tel Aviv.
Israelis protest the government's judicial reform outside the Rabbinical Court of Tel Aviv, July 18, 2023. (credit: MIRIAM ALSTER/FLASH90) Israelis protest the government's judicial reform outside the Rabbinical Court of Tel Aviv, July 18, 2023 (credit: MIRIAM ALSTER/FLASH90)
