in appointing judges. but critics say the measures would strip israel s supreme court of its independence. protesters here are worried that if these plans go ahead, israel will no longer be seen as a democracy by the west. i longer be seen as a democracy by the west- by the west. i want israel to sta a by the west. i want israel to stay a democracy, by the west. i want israel to stay a democracy, for - by the west. i want israel to stay a democracy, for my i by the west. i want israel to i stay a democracy, for my kids, my grandson. because israel is a democracy country and it must stay as one. we a democracy country and it must stay as one- stay as one. we are here against stay as one. we are here against the stay as one. we are here against the reforms - stay as one. we are here against the reforms in i stay as one. we are herel against the reforms in the stay as one. we are here - against the reforms in the law. we protest against our prime minister. fist we protest against
in israel, the government of benjamin netanyahu is pushing ahead with a controversial bill aimed at overhauling the country s judicial system. it would limit the supreme court s powers to rule against the legislature, and give lawmakers much greater latitude in appointing judges. supporters say the high court is overreaching into politics, and must be stopped but critics say the plan will weaken the course and endanger civil liberties. opponent of the bill have been protesting across israel for weeks, our hadas gold joins us in israel where the protests have begun. hadas, tell us what you the protesters are saying about the main concerns over this. reporter: yeah, guys, you can see that people are starting to gather. these protests are expected to start in the next few hours.
Former Delhi High Court judge Justice RS Sodhi opined in an interview that the Supreme Court "hijacked" the Constitution by saying that only the Court itself can appoint judges.
of a georgia state trooper. that happened on wednesday near a proposed atlanta police training facility. opponents of the project have been camped out in the forest for months in an effort to stop construction. israeli police say more than 100,000 people turned out in teleaviv saturday to protest the government of prime minister benjamin netanyahu. it s the largest showing yet in three weeks of demonstrations. thousands more took to the streets in jerusalem and other cities. protesters oppose ninth s new government and a series of planned judicial changes that would let parliament overturn high court decisions and give politicians more power in appointing judges. hadasgold joins us now from jerusalem. give us the latest and take us through exactly what s behind this? these protesters are hoping to essentially build a movement. and it seems as though they re reaching that goal. this is the third week we ve seen people coming out to the streets and it s been the
thousands more took to the streets in jerusalem and other cities. protesters are opposed to mr. netanyahu s new government and a series of planned judicial changes which would allow parliament to overturn high court decisions and give politicians more power in appointing judges. cnn correspondent what das gold join us from jerusalem. this wasn t the first week protesters came out? no, it wasn t. and we re seeing the momentum growing. if these protesters want to achieve what they want to achieve, which is to stop these judicial reforms from happening, and for many of them ultimately to topple this government action this is what they need is momentum. they need this public pressure campaign because they don t have many more options. benjamin netanyahu and his allies have a pretty comfortable majority in the israeli parliament. last night as you noted, over 100,000 people took to the streets in tel aviv and several