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Demonstrators block a highway leading to Jerusalem, during a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government to overhaul the judicial system.

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Video. Israelis block highways protesting government's new judiciary plan

Updated: 11/07/2023 - 19:17 GMT+2

Thousands of Israeli protesters took to the streets on Tuesday and blocked highways leading to Jerusalem, Haifa and Tel Aviv as part of countrywide demonstrations against the government's planned judicial overhaul that has divided the nation.

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