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Jul 24, 2023

Israeli security forces use a water cannon to disperse demonstrators blocking the entrance of the Knesset. — Israeli security forces use a water cannon to disperse demonstrators blocking the entrance of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem on July 24, 2023, amid a monthslong wave of protests against the government's planned judicial overhaul. Israeli lawmakers on July 24 prepared for a final vote on a major component of the hard-right government's controversial judicial reforms even as US President Joe Biden called for postponing the "divisive" bill that has triggered mass protests. — HAZEM BADER/AFP via Getty Images

Members of Israel's security forces remove protesters blocking the Knesset entrance amid a monthslong wave of protests against the government's planned judicial overhaul, Jerusalem, July 24, 2023.

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