Growing noise overseas against judicial reform


A rally outside the Israeli Consulate to protest changes to Israel’s courts in New York. — ©2023 The New York Times Company

FOR months, Beth Levine, an attorney in New York, grew worried about developments in Israel, where the far-right government has sought to diminish the judicial branch’s independence. Its efforts provoked massive protests in Israel and smaller ones in the United States, including most Sundays in Manhattan’s Washington Square Park.

Though sympathetic to the cause, Levine, who lives in the Bronx, never attended.

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