The anti-government protests on Tuesday morning began with what the protest leaders are calling "a national day of opposition."
Instead of blocking highways and Ben Gurion International Airport, as they did last week, Tuesday's protests will focus on five central train stations: Haifa Merkaz Hashmonah, Binyamina, Herzliya, Tel Aviv Hashalom, and Lod.
The protests began on Rothschild Boulevard, with a few dozen protesters who arrived at Habimah Square. From there the protesters went to block one of the entrances to the Kirya base in Tel Aviv, and pushed into the securities stock market to hold a protest there as well.
At the same time, protesters blocked Route 2 for a short time, near Ma'agan Michael and the Nahalal Junction.
The headquarters for the "hi-tech protests" announced a "National Day of Disruption in the Digital Sphere," but did not explain exactly what this entailed. "In the times of emergency we find ourselves in now, the protest needs to be felt in the digital sphere as well," they explained.
Israel Police have prepared for the protests, and thousands of police offices have been posted around Israel. As per instructions from Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, the police officers will allow protests, while enforcing the freedom of movement for civilians. Israel Police have also clarified that they will not allow the train movement to be halted, and if there is such an attempt, the officers will act to allow the trains to operate as usual.
According to Israel Hayom, supporters of the judicial reform will hold a counter-protest, "a journey to put the brakes and to block kibbutzes and towns in which the 'princes of democracy' live."
In an announcement, the group said, "We will go out on a country-wide journey to halt this. What does that mean in practice? We - the people of the nation, will go out in all our glory towards the gates of the kibbutzes and the towns were the 'princes of democracy' live - and we will prevent them, in practice, from 'disrupting' the State of Israel."
The protests are expected to take place during the morning, and again between the hours of 4:00p.m. and 6:00p.m., in various locations across Israel.