Justice committee chair calls for counter-protests after freeze announced

The chair of the Knesset’s Constitution, Law and Justice Committee has called for counter-protests after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a "freeze" to the judicial reforms.

Simcha Rothman, one of the key movers of the reforms, tweeted a poster calling for protests in Jerusalem on Monday evening, warning that "the right wing camp is rising".

"The elections will not be stolen! The people demand a radical overhaul of the justice system," he tweeted.

"We must not accept a reality in which there are people whose voice does not count. Go out and return the voice - to the people."