The demonstration in Tel Aviv from the air. Photo: Dovrat
It’s the eighth week in a row of left-wing protests against the legal reform, and the opposition leaders are already starting to lose their tempers. It seems that the coalition will not agree to give up the reform, especially not Minister Levin and Chairman of the Constitution Committee Rothman, the demonstrators walked around Tel Aviv this evening (Saturday night) with a sign comparing Prime Minister Netanyahu to dictators and haters of Israel. The protest spokeswoman distributed aerial footage of the demonstration in Tel Aviv.
Benny Gantz at a demonstration against the reform, in Haifa, addressed those present: “I watched over you for decades and the court watched over me while I watched over you. This coup will harm the IDF soldiers, harm the economy, harm Israeli society and we will not let this happen. I want to say One more thing for you – this change is simply an advance guard for changing the face of the State of Israel, it is the introduction to democracy in Netanyahu’s system, as if democracy, but majority tyranny after the elections, leaving this balance will harm the State of Israel and we will not allow this to happen under any circumstances.”
“I want to say to Netanyahu from here – you should strike at the enemies of the state and not at the citizens of the state, this is unacceptable. We will not leave the country, we will continue to serve it and continue to fight for it and make sure that it is what is written in the Declaration of Independence and nothing else. I know that now there are dark clouds “This is a legal winter, but we will continue to fight. In the Knesset, in the media, on the street, and we will do everything possible to protect the country,” added Gantz.
His friend from the state camp party, MK Gideon Sa’ar, turned to Netanyahu after he was quoted as saying at the cabinet meeting that “the protesters must be punched.” “. The former vice president of the Supreme Court, Prof. Eliakim Rubinstein said at a demonstration in Jerusalem: “This melody that is heard here must not be stopped. This protest must continue because it is so right.”
MK Gilad Karib at a demonstration in Tel Aviv: “The tremendous struggle against the destructive moves is not only about the image of democracy but also around the image of Judaism in Israel and in the world. Netanyahu and his friends in the Likud volunteered to be his donkey riding the false messiahs of racism and nationalism. Together with the majority of world Jewry, we will not allow this dangerous group to drag us into the abyss.”
Yesh Atid reported that “even on the eighth Saturday night in a row, together with thousands of Yesh Atid activists, our companies and faction members went out to demonstrate with the citizens of the country in more than 50 points across the country against the coup d’état. We will not give up for a moment. We will not For Netanyahu’s freedom to harm our freedom. We stop the madness – we fight for the state.” Lapid himself did not participate in the demonstration.