Israelis protest again as government forges ahead with judicial changes

Tens of thousands of protesters returned to the streets of Israel on Saturday night to fight a plan to overhaul the country’s court system that the justice minister said he is determined to carry out.
The marches have attracted huge crowds on a weekly basis since early January, when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government took aim at the Supreme Court.
Participants in the crowd carried a huge replica of Israel’s declaration of independence.
They oppose legislation that Netanyahu and his right-wing and religious allies hope to pass that would limit the Supreme Court’s powers to rule against the legislature and the executive, while giving lawmakers decisive powers in appointing judges.