Tens of thousands protest against planned Israeli judicial overhaul

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Israelis joined protests across the country, now entering their 20th week, on Saturday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's contested plans to tighten controls on the Supreme Court. The planned overhaul, which would give the government control over naming judges to the Supreme Court and let parliament override many rulings, was paused after opponents organised some of the biggest street protests ever seen in Israel. The government accuses activist judges of increasingly usurping the role of parliament, and says the overhaul is needed to restore ...