Israeli protests against judicial reform plan gain momentum on 22nd week.

Israeli lawmaker Simcha Rothman, a key architect of the government’s controversial judicial overhaul, defended his actions after he was filmed seizing a protester’s megaphone in New York City. Rothman claimed that the small group of demonstrators attacked him and his wife before he grabbed the megaphone, but there was no video evidence of this. The incident sparked outrage in Israel and the US, with protesters demanding that Rothman be disinvited from a major parade in support of Israel. The protesters are part of a network of Israeli activists in the US and other countries called UnXeptable, who have been holding weekly rallies in Manhattan’s Washington Square Park against the judicial overhaul.