Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Denied today (Thursday) the comparison he made yesterday in his speech between the rioters in Hawara and the road blockers in Tel Aviv. In a statement issued by his office, it was written, “Contrary to the claims heard in the media, the only comparison that Prime Minister Netanyahu made between Havara and Tel Aviv is that the law should not be taken into one’s hands anywhere.”
Netanyahu: “Freedom of demonstration is not a license for anarchy, they cannot accept blocking roads”
“I know that there are many citizens among you who are fans of the state who passionately support the legal reform and there are many other citizens who are also lovers of the state who oppose the reform with the same passion, but in a democracy there are clear rules on how to conduct the debate, there are red lines that must not be crossed and it does not matter how deep the debate is, how Turbulent, how much it shakes the soul, the sharp and clear red line is an absolute ban on violence and anarchy,” Netanyahu said in a statement he gave to the media last night.
“Yesterday in Hawara, in the face of a terrible murder of wonderful brothers, I told the lawbreakers – we will not tolerate a situation where a man who is honest in his own eyes will do, and I say again in front of the lawbreakers who crossed red lines in Tel Aviv, we will not tolerate a situation where a man who is honest in his own eyes will do,” he added and clarified: “We cannot accept violence , beating policemen, accepting roadblocks, we cannot accept threats against public figures, and their families, something that is very urgent at this moment in the heart of Tel Aviv. We will not accept breaking laws and violence, not in Hawara, not in Tel Aviv, not anywhere.”