Tel Aviv:  For the 22nd week running, tens of thousands of protesters descended on Tel Aviv and other Israeli cities on Saturday to voice their opposition to a contentious plan to reform Israel's judicial system. 

The government's reform ideas would limit the Supreme Court's power while giving politicians more control over judge selection.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had called for a "pause" on the reforms in March as they were being debated in parliament and dividing the country.

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According to Israeli media, there were almost 100,000 protesters in Tel Aviv on Saturday. The police withhold any official estimates of the number of protesters.

Several hundred Israelis protested outside Netanyahu's home in Caesarea, north of Tel Aviv, on Friday in what the police called a "protest demonstration."

Ilit Fayn, a 55-year-old dentist from Tel Aviv, said, "We will keep protesting to show them that even if they have paused in the reform plan, we will stay mobilised — they will not be able to pass laws on the sly.

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Arnon Oshri, a 66-year-old farmer, added, "It's important for us to eliminate the possibility of Israel turning into a dictatorship.

The proposed changes, according to the government of Benjamin Netanyahu, a coalition between his Likud party and extreme-right and ultra-Orthodox Jewish allies, are required to rebalance the power between the legislative branch and the judicial branch.

However, the plan's detractors think it might pave the way for a more authoritarian government.

This lawbreaker-filled, corrupt government is bringing our nation down to the status of a third-world nation.

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It took the Jewish people 2,000 years to establish a state, and we cannot lose it as a result of some fanatics.