Palestine (The Palestine Information Centre) Israeli police have clashed with anti-regime protesters outside the Knesset (parliament), hours ahead of a vote on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul plan.
On Monday, police used water cannon against protesters who blocked the entrance of Knesset. Several arrests were also reported.
The final vote on a major component of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu-proposed draft law is scheduled to start at 12:00 midday on Monday (0900 GMT) after a debate that started on Sunday.
If passed, it would be the first major component of the plan to become law.
Under the judicial overhaul plan, Netanyahu seeks to give the regime’s extremist cabinet more influence in the process of selecting the Supreme Court’s judges, while seeking to empower the politicians and the Knesset to override the court’s rulings.
Netanyahu, who has recently undergone surgery to fit a pacemaker, vowed on Sunday to be in the Knesset for the vote.
“We’re continuing our efforts to complete the legislation, and the efforts to do it in agreement (with the opposition),” he said on Sunday afternoon, adding “Either way, I want you to know that tomorrow (Monday) morning I’m joining my friends at parliament.”
The past two days have seen similar anti-regime protests.
