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Israel's protest movement takes judicial overhaul battle to media, courts

Israel’s main newspapers on Tuesday morning published blacked-out front pages in a coordinated campaign by the protest movement.

Demonstrators clash with Israeli riot police.
Demonstrators clash with Israeli riot police during a protest against the Israeli government's judicial reform plan in Tel Aviv on July 24, 2023. Israeli lawmakers on July 24 approved a key clause of a controversial judicial reform plan that aims to curb the powers of the Supreme Court in striking down government decisions. — JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images

Following the adoption on Monday by the Knesset of the "reasonableness clause" canceling the Supreme Court’s oversight of the government’s decisions, Israel’s main newspapers on Tuesday morning published blacked-out front pages in a coordinated campaign by the protest movement.

Other pages featured all-page advertisements announcing "the death of Israel’s democracy" or "the end of Israel’s democracy."

The all-black pages included in small white letters at the bottom the inscription "a black day for Israeli democracy." 

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