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Added on the 27/03/2023 18:22:00 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Israeli security forces clash with protesters in Tel Aviv, after the Knesset approved a key clause of the hard-right government's controversial judicial reform package despite months of mass protests. Protesters shout "Shame, Shame" at police officers scuffling with protesters, resulting in several arrests, as water cannons are deployed to disperse the crowds. IMAGES
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the Plenum Hall in the Knesset -- only a day after undergoing surgery to have a pacemaker installed -- ahead of a final vote on a key clause of his government's controversial judicial overhaul package. IMAGES
Israelis march through Jerusalem to parliament to protest against the government's budget proposal. Ahead of the budget votes beginning late May 23 and continuing May 24, the drum-beating demonstrators, bearing Israeli flags, accused the ruling coalition of "looting" the state's money. IMAGES
"The United States is extremely troubled that the Israeli Knesset has passed legislation rescinding important parts of the 2005 disengagement law," US State Department spokesman Vedant Patel says during a news briefing in Washington. SOUNDBITE
Israeli lawmakers are seen in the Knesset plenum ahead of a key vote on the government's controversial judicial reform bill. IMAGES