Clashes reported as protesters demonstrate against Israel’s far-right cabinet for 27th week

Israeli forces have clashed with demonstrators as tens of thousands held massive rallies against the policies of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right cabinet for the 27th week.

Thousands-strong protests against the regime’s extremist cabinet and its policies, including Netanyahu’s unpopular judicial overhaul plan, were held in the coastal city of Tel Aviv and elsewhere across the occupied territories on Saturday.

Israeli media described the protest in Tel Aviv as the largest to throng the city in weeks. While the regime’s media put the number of protesters in Tel Aviv at nearly 150,000, the organizers said nearly 180,000 had taken part.

Protesters in Tel Aviv blocked the Ayalon Highway at several locations, before the regime’s forces used a water cannon to disperse them.

Israeli authorities said two people were detained in Tel Aviv for “disorderly conduct,” as dozens of protesters blocked the vehicle that was taking the detainees from the scene.