Tel Aviv, Israel - April 11, 2026 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Protest in progress
2. Various of protesters chanting slogans, holding placards, dancing with masks
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Benny, protester (partially overlaid with shot 4):
"This is a terrible government, for the last three years working against its citizens all the time. We are protesting against the judicial reform that the government is imposing, anti-democratic moves, not to recruiting the orthodox people to the military."
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4. Protesters holding placards, clapping
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5. Various of protesters playing drums, dancing with masks, chanting slogans
6. Protest in progress
7. Placard reading "war without an exit strategy is a national suicide"
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Nancy, protester (partially overlaid with shot 9):
"Everything has been turned so politically that instead of the country binding together, we just separate more and more. Plus in the background, the Netanyahu government is passing all sorts of non-democratic laws that only make the situation work."
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9. Various of protesters playing drums, dancing with masks, chanting slogans
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10. Protesters under tree
11. Various of protesters holding placards
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Benny, protester:
"I am not looking here to fight with the police. I hope they are not looking to fight with us and I believe that it will be a peaceful event."
13. Various of protesters playing drums, chanting slogans

Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Tel Aviv on Saturday evening to protest against the government saying that it used the sense of emergency over the past six weeks after the U.S.-Israeli military operations against Iran to move forward with its own bitterly-contested internal agenda.

Some of the restrictions for the demonstration were lifted earlier in the week after a ceasefire was announced between the United States and Iran.

"This is a terrible government, for the last three years working against its citizens all the time. We are protesting against the judicial reform that the government is imposing, anti-democratic moves, not to recruiting the orthodox people to the military," said Benny, a protester.

The resumption of the long-running corruption trial involving Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the debate over a controversial draft law, the even more controversial judiciary overhaul, none of them has gone anywhere.

With no imminent danger of missiles from Iran, at least for the short term, demonstrators here feel it is time to raise their voices.

"Everything has been turned so politically that instead of the country binding together, we just separate more and more. Plus in the background, the Netanyahu government is passing all sorts of non-democratic laws that only make the situation work," said Nancy, another protester.

The war may have taken a pause when it comes to central Israel but restrictions still apply.

Gatherings are allowed for up to 1,000 people although the police were told not to disperse the crowd even if numbers are bigger.

"I am not looking here to fight with the police. I hope they are not looking to fight with us and I believe that it will be a peaceful event," said Benny.