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Why, in fact, can we not hold back for two weeks without demonstrating?

Doesn't it make more sense, when the morbidity is so high, to take a break from demonstrations?

After all, nothing burns.

Well, the house is on fire and the denial of the right to demonstrate is wrong in relation to democracy and its kidney

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Dr. Mike Dahan and Dr. Moti Gigi

Friday, 25 September 2020, 00:53

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In the video: Demonstration against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in front of his residence in Balfour (Photo: Roni Kanfo)

The government's decision to significantly restrict the democratic right to demonstrate, as part of the "holiday closure", is a political decision that does not serve public health, but rather the narrow and personal political interests of the prime minister.

There is no need to read between the lines, perform complicated gematria exercises, or look for the hidden - for months, alongside the ongoing attempts to delegitimize the demonstrations by Netanyahu, his advisers, spokesmen and ministers (culminating in Topaz Luke's attempt to isolate and isolate a new media adviser to the prime minister) A fake video about "Corona deniers" on the fringes of a demonstration in Balfour), we saw the pressure exerted on the police through the Minister of Internal Security, Amir Ohana, the Attorney General and the justice system.

The argument that the demonstrations contribute to corona virus infections has no scientific basis.

A number of recently published studies have found no association between participation in open-air demonstrations and an increase in infection cases.

This is in contrast to what we have known for a long time about the high infection rates in enclosed spaces such as banquet halls and synagogues.

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A democratic society cannot exist without the right to demonstrate (Photo: Yonatan Zindel, Flash 90)

The right to demonstrate is a basic democratic right, and a central part of an array of freedom of expression - which should be sacred and protected in a democratic regime.

The very act of the individual going into public space to demonstrate is a political statement, even without saying a word.

All the more so when the individuals accumulate to many thousands.

The purpose of the demonstration is to challenge the existing order, to criticize it, to protest it from the perception that a demonstration is a basic democratic action like voting in elections.

Therefore, reducing the right to demonstrate is similar to imposing censorship on the press or on citizens (beyond the Netanyahu family's private silencing lawsuits) and restricting written and oral expression.

This is a very dangerous step, despite the extraordinary reality of the Corona, a step that is dragging us even further down the index of democracy and freedom.

The desire for equality and uniformity in relation to the closure guidelines between demonstrations and stays in synagogues and yeshivas is not really clear.

The feeling is that you want to compare an apple to an orange, things that can not be compared and yet do not stop comparing.

After all, it is possible to pray both in individuals and in limited settings.

Any other action, as Minister Deri himself admits, only increases the spread of the virus among worshipers.

The desire for unity and uniformity has a flaw in it and is incorrect in relation to the essence of democracy and its kidney.

At the same time, it is possible that out of a desire for peace and unity among the people, the decision to close synagogues and mass demonstrations is the right decision for this complicated and complex period, in which there is a sense of all-in-one war.

He also admits that the spread of the virus is increasing in joint prayers.

Deri, left (Photo: Yonatan Zindel, Flash 90)

Despite the above, Netanyahu - led Israel is increasingly resembling democracies undergoing a process of de-democratization that is often led by right-wing populist leaders.

This process has been happening in recent years in quite a few countries such as the United States, Hungary, Poland, Brazil, India and more.

Under the auspices of the corona plague there is an acceleration of the populist processes in these countries.

What is happening in the country is happening in the US under Trump's presidency, in which the president himself undermines the rule of law, acts against individual liberties, the rule of law and the proper course of elections, spreads conspiracy theories and neglects public health. Similar processes are taking place in Poland and Hungary. Parliamentary activity and the right to demonstrate under the populist-authoritarian president, Friend Netanyahu, Victor Urban was limited.In

such a complex period, in which we are in the midst of a health, economic and cultural epidemic, we do not know its intensity and when it will end, we find it important to preserve the right to demonstrate as the right to worship as long as no harm to health than the actual meeting. If so, it is important to maintain the right to demonstrate, this is almost the only way, given three inconclusive elections, remaining with the public to express their displeasure.

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