The Prime Minister of Israel has revealed that legislations relating to reforms within the country’s judicial system will be put on hold for the meantime. Despite this announcement, high-ranking members of the coalition continue to assert the importance of the reforms to the State of Israel. In the midst of this ongoing debate, Simcha Rothman, Chairman of the Constitution Committee and Knesset member, spoke to the editors of the New York Sun and expressed his belief that the protests in Israel mark the beginning of a religious war. Despite criticism from the US, Rothman emphasized that there are no plans to withdraw the proposed reforms.
During his conversation with the editors, Rothman went on to discuss the future of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s coalition, which includes right-wing and ultra-orthodox parties. According to him, the success of the coalition depends heavily on the implementation of the legal reforms, as some members of the government prioritize their passage. Rothman also criticized opponents of the reforms, stating that they have aligned themselves with elements hostile to the Jewish state and created a campaign against Israel. He urged protesters to leave the IDF out of the matter and rejected the idea that reservists who are against the reforms have a legitimate right to protest.
Rothman later spoke to 103FM and stated his opposition to stopping the legal reforms legislation. Despite this, he respected Netanyahu’s decision to put the legislation on hold and emphasized the importance of democracy in decision-making. Finally, Rothman expressed his surprise at the level of media attention the reforms have received.
The Prime Minister stated that the legislation within the reform of the judicial system will be stopped for the time being, but the senior members of the coalition continue to appear almost everywhere in order to echo how essential they claim it is to the State of Israel. In the meantime, the Chairman of the Constitution Committee, Member of the Knesset Simcha Rothmanspoke last Friday with the editors of the “New York Sun” newspaper and warned that “the demonstrations in Israel are the beginning of a religious war”, and that he insists that there is no intention to withdraw from the plans to pass the reform.
Rothman spoke with the editors of the conservative newspaper in an online conversation, with more than 70 participants, and also referred to the criticism directed by the US towards Israel. Alone to shape its democratic character.” He also noted that as a resident of Judea and Samaria, he is used to American criticism, and believed that “the president cares even if I renovate my house.”
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A confrontation was registered in the Constitutional Committee (Photo: Mark Israel Salem)
Later, he referred to the future of the coalition under Prime Minister Netanyahu, in which there is a combination of right-wing and ultra-orthodox parties, and believed that the connection between them depends on the legal reform. According to him, “the coalition will suffer from instability and major problems, if the reform is not translated into laws, as there are those for whom this is a priority, and they will have difficulty supporting the government.”
The Chairman of the Constitution Committee also attacked the protesters and opponents of the reform, saying that “opponents of the plan have created a common goal for themselves together with elements hostile to the Jewish state, thus recklessly creating a campaign against the State of Israel.” Rothman also called on the opponents of the reform to leave the IDF out To the story and came out against the call for resistance among reservists and opposed that it was a legitimate act of protest.
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Protest against the legal reform in Tel Aviv (Photo: Avshalom Sassooni)
This week, Knesset member Rotman spoke with Nissim Mashal and Gideon on 103FM and emphasized that he is against stopping the legal reform legislation: “It is a mistake to stop the legislation, precisely out of the desire to negotiate. Since I spent many hours, many days, more than my working time in negotiations. We We said very clearly that we think this is the wrong thing to do.”
However, he clarified that he accepts Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision on the matter: “We accept the Prime Minister’s decision. In the end, there is one party that is responsible for the country, its integrity, security, economic and all matters, he made this decision, we accept And respect. The fact that there are disputes and not always agreements and in the end a decision is made according to a coalition structure, conventions and decision rules is democracy.” When asked if he regrets the way the reform was promoted during the past months, he attacked the media: “I did not correctly assess how a campaign with three media channels and several other websites would look.”