Thousands march on Jerusalem as former officials beg Netanyahu to halt overhaul

Thousands of Israelis march along a highway towards Jerusalem at the end of their 70-kilometer (roughly 45-mile) march from Tel Aviv (Ohad Zwigenberg/AP)

Tens of thousands of protesters marched on the main highway into Jerusalem on Saturday evening in a last-ditch show of force aimed at blocking Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul.

More than 100 of Israel’s former security chiefs signed a letter pleading with the Israeli premier to halt the legislation.