Crowds confront police after major bill is enacted in Israel

Following the adoption of a highly contentious measure to restrict the Supreme Court's authority by parliament, Israeli police engaged in nighttime clashes with masses of protesters.

The provision, which is a component of a significant reform package, will stop the court from invalidating government measures that it deems to be unjustified.

Protesters obstructing motorways in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv were dispersed by police using water cannons.

The measures of the hard-right government, according to critics, endanger Israeli democracy.

Following months of large-scale demonstrations against the judicial reform The vote in the Knesset on Monday was a significant win for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

But the fight is far from done. It might last for months.

Yair Lapid, the leader of the centrist opposition, and a political watchdog organization want to ask the Supreme Court to strike down the new law.

Additionally, the Histadrut trade union in Israel

Following the adoption of a highly contentious measure to restrict the Supreme Court's authority by parliament, Israeli police engaged in nighttime clashes with masses of protesters.

The provision, which is a component of a significant reform package, will stop the court from invalidating government measures that it deems to be unjustified.

Protesters obstructing motorways in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv were dispersed by police using water cannons.

The measures of the hard-right government, according to critics, endanger Israeli democracy.

Following months of large-scale demonstrations against the judicial reform The vote in the Knesset on Monday was a significant win for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

But the fight is far from done. It might last for months.

Yair Lapid, the leader of the centrist opposition, and a political watchdog organization want to ask the Supreme Court to strike down the new law.

Additionally, the Histadrut trade union in Israel

However, the government contends that the changes are required to address a power imbalance that has led to an increase in judicial intervention in political choices.

The opposition boycotted the final vote, which resulted in the so-called "reasonableness" law being approved by 64 votes to 0.

The law's passage was deemed "unfortunate" by the White House, a crucial ally of Israel.

The vote ends months of unrest, and Israel's president warned political leaders on Monday that the nation was "in a state of national emergency" as a result of the decision.

All day Monday, air horns, drums, and whistles were used to create a cacophony of noise as people protested outside the Knesset.

A protester who was sleeping in the street told the BBC that he was against "dictatorship" and mentioned that his grandpa had worked at the renowned Bletchley Park in the UK during World War II to break codes used by the Nazis.

When asked how long he intended to stay, he responded, "We will never surrender."

What is causing the crisis?

Reut Yifat Uziel, a paratrooper's daughter who appears in a famous Israeli photo of the Israeli army capturing the Western Wall during the Middle East conflict of 1967, expressed concern for her children's future.

She declared, "Netanyahu kidnapped the country, and I fear it will turn into a theocracy."

Tens of thousands of demonstrators, who marched nearly parallel to one another for 45 miles (70 kilometers) from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem at the end of last week, set up camp in a park between the Knesset and the Supreme Court.

Mr. Netanyahu attended the vote in parliament just hours after being released from the hospital following an unforeseen pacemaker surgery on Saturday.

One of the worst domestic crises in Israeli history has been brought on by the divisive changes that have polarized the nation.

Since the beginning of the year, hundreds of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets every week to express their outrage at what they see to be an assault on democracy.

Those opposed to the government's measures include former heads of Israel's security agencies, chief justices, and well-known personalities in the legal and economic world.

US Vice President Joe Biden also criticized the plans, calling for a delay in the "divisive" revisions in his most direct remarks to yet.