Seventy nine demonstrators were detained on Tuesday in mass demonstrators against the plan to weaken the judicial system, led by the government of Benjamin Netanyahu.

According to the Hebrew news site Ynet, people were arrested in the "day of disruption" in clashes with police. 

For more that six months, Israelis have held weekly protests against the legislative package that will dramatically shift the balance of power in the country toward the executive. 

The rare midweek protest was sparked by the first vote on cancelling the so-called "reasonableness standard" that allows judges to act as a backstop against certain government decisions. 

The rallies across the country drew tens of thousands of people, including thousands who were able to reach Ben-Gurion International Airport and disrupt the entrance and exit of passengers.

The police, on their part, have responded much more violently to the latest wave of protests, with social media flooded with clips of violent manhandling and even physical attacks.