
Anti-Judicial Reform Protests Pick Up Steam in Israel
Demonstrators protest a planned judicial reform that they believe will render Israel’s system of checks and balances if not compromised, practically non-existent.

Demonstrators protest a planned judicial reform that they believe will render Israel’s system of checks and balances if not compromised, practically non-existent.

In Mumbai, thousands rally in anger against Muslims.

Predictably, this week’s Australia Day celebrations were mired by protest. There were calls, not just to change the date of ‘Invasion Day’ or ‘Survival Day’ as the rebrands have it, but to abolish the ‘Celebration of genocide’ altogether.

The bakers are calling for an emergency tariff shield, valid for all. Others give a more political tone to their protest and question the European common market of electricity.

President Erdoğan has so far blocked both countries’ bids and is using his vetoes as political leverage in an attempt to get Sweden and Finland to meet his demands.

Adding to the tensions between Stockholm and Ankara, the Swedish youth league of the far-left political party Vänsterpartiet has vowed to continue to express its support for the Kurdish PKK.

“It is not about Left, Right, or Center, but about not remaining inactive as our institutions erode, our democracy deteriorates, and our state weakens,” asserted the manifesto, read out during the demonstration.

Labor Minister Olivier acknowledged “a significant mobilisation” in reaction to the reform, but President Emmanuel Macron, on a trip to Spain, sent a clear signal of his determination to see the reform through to the end.

Ankara’s cancelation of the meeting comes as Sweden is looking to open a dialogue regarding Turkey’s objections to its bid to join NATO.

The new government has declared a state of emergency in the face of ongoing protests in favor of the deposed president, leaving at least three dozen people dead.