The legal reform has been stalled and there are ongoing discussions at the president’s house. However, supporters of the reform in the right-wing parties are planning a massive demonstration called “The Million Demonstration” after Independence Day in Jerusalem, demanding to pass the legal reform in the upcoming session of the Knesset. The demonstration is expected to take place in front of the Israeli Knesset, with organizers preparing a separate area for the ultra-Orthodox public. Avihai Bowron, who recently took office as an MK on behalf of the Likud movement, and Berla Crombie, who leads the “Revival 2023 Initiative” are leading the preparations along with several right-wing organizations and civil society activists. They explain that they do not want to harm the holy days of the State of Israel and will not hold demonstrations during Holocaust Day, Remembrance Day, and Independence Day. Instead, they will call for the public to participate in a massive support rally for the government after these holy days, reminding elected officials that the people want legal reform. They will hold the rally on the opening of the summer session of the Knesset, demanding that their voices be heard and that change happens.
The legal reform was indeed frozen and currently the president’s house is the focus of the talks between the parties, but it seems that the right has woken up and does not intend to give it up. Today (Friday) the supporters of the reform announce that they are planning a huge demonstration in favor of the reform under the title “The Million Demonstration” the day after Independence Day in Jerusalem.
“We will not stop the protests, we will just lift them”
The organizers – Avihai Bowron, who this week took office as a MK on behalf of the Likud movement, and Berla Crombie, who heads the “Revival 2023 Initiative”, along with a long list of right-wing organizations and civil society activists, began preparations for the huge demonstration that is expected to take place in front of the Israeli Knesset, evening The opening of the summer session of the Knesset, under the demand from the government and the coalition to pass the legal reform in the upcoming session. A refreshing innovation in the demonstration will be a segregated area for the ultra-Orthodox public, which is expected to bring ultra-orthedim to participate in the protest.
Demonstration in favor of the reform Photo: Meir Alipour
Boaron explains: “An entire camp cannot live with the knowledge that it is worth less. If there is no reform – it means that our ballot in the ballot box is not worth it. We are the majority in the ballot box but we cannot really run the country. This reality must change. The national camp is also allowed to have He has a share in the management of the affairs of the state. We are tired of being second class. We will not stop the protests and will only lift them until the million rally where we will make it clear to the president, the court and the opposition. No more! After 75 years since the establishment of the State of Israel, the people of Israel have set out to freedom and Israel will set out on a new path . It’s time”.
We do not want to harm the holy days of the State of Israel
Berla Crombie explains that the postponement is due to the holy days of the State of Israel, which they do not intend to harm their importance. “We do not intend to go on demonstrations on the holy days of the State of Israel, Holocaust Day, Remembrance Day and Independence Day – a public holiday of the State of Israel. We will honor the memory of the fallen, we will honor the six million who perished in the Holocaust and we will respect the state’s public holiday. We will not be drawn into the provocation of The opponents of the reform who want to ruin these holy days and destroy the rest of the Israeli consensus and the holy days of the State of Israel.”
“One day after Independence Day and after the holy days of the Memorial Days of Remembrance and Heroism, we will call on the public to come and participate before the start of the summer conference in a huge support rally for the government, the “Million Demonstration”. The purpose of the rally is to remind and demand from our elected officials in the government and coalition that the people want legal reform, that the people Behind them, that the people are giving them strength. In the last few days, I spoke to many Knesset members from the coalition and they told me how much strength and power the rally gave them this week, that they saw the 200,000 people who came to Jerusalem and strengthened them, that the people love them, embrace them, and support them,” says Crombie.