On Saturday 22 April, for the 16th week in a row, massive crowds of Israelis took to the streets in Tel Aviv to protest Benjamin Netanyahu's government justice reform proposal and to defend democracy. The new law would give more power to Israeli Parliament - dominated by Netanyahu's far-right coalition - and weaken the Supreme Court that the government declared too politicised. The Supreme Court is the only one which has control of the Knesset and many fear that this disruption of the legal-system could threaten the fragile institutional balance.

Last Saturday's protests preceded a week that saw...