Tens of thousands hold protest against Zionist PM's cabinet

Saturday's demonstration was the largest so far since Netanyahu returned to power last month at the head of the most right-wing cabinet in the regime’s history.

More than 100,000 people participated in the anti-Netanyahu demonstration, with participants warning that his extremist cabinet's proposed judicial reforms were set to give the regime more control over appointments in the judiciary.

The planned reforms, they said, were also set to curb the ability of the regime's supreme court to nullify decisions made by the Israeli cabinet or Knesset (the regime's parliament).

Netanyahu has dismissed the protests, which are now in their third week, as a refusal by leftist opponents to accept the results of last November's election, which produced one of the most extremist cabinets in the regime's history.

The protesters maintain that in addition to threatening the independence of judges and weakening oversight of the cabinet, Netanyahu's proposed reforms will open the door to more corruption.

Former Israeli prime minister, Yair Lapid, also joined tens of thousands of protesters in the Saturday rally, Press TV reported.

The Tel Aviv demonstration also drew opponents to Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories, as many cabinet members are ardent supporters of settlement expansion across the West Bank.