Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Foreign Minister Eli Cohen commented this evening (Wednesday) on the claims that the legal reform will damage Israel's credit rating and caused an uproar.
The opposition factions claimed that the very statement indicates the fears of the expanding public protest and claimed that Israel's economy is in danger.
The chairman of the opposition, former Prime Minister Lapid, claimed that the press conference illustrates the pressure Netanyahu is under in light of the expanding public protest:
Netanyahu's hysterical and sweaty press conference leaves no room for doubt.
Bibi is weak and he knows that he is leading to fatal damage to the Israeli economy.
All Israeli citizens will pay for it out of their own pockets and pay dearly.
— Yair Lapid (@yairlapid) January 25, 2023
Lapid was joined by his friend in the ranks of the opposition, former finance minister Avigdor Lieberman, who claimed that Israel is on the way to an economic crisis the likes of which it has never experienced before.
He tweeted that:
The press conference with the participation of the Prime Minister and the three ministers proves that they are from F-H-D-Y-M, because they know the truth and understand that no party in the world is ready to swallow their lies and fabrications.
The State of Israel is on its way to an economic crisis the likes of which we have not known for decades and everything is Benjamin Netanyahu's responsibility.
— Avigdor Liberman (@AvigdorLiberman) January 25, 2023
Knesset member Karin Elharer from the Yesh Atid party claimed that Netanyahu used the situation to make a spin and claimed that the reform was intended to serve his legal affairs.
There is nothing more to Netanyahu than throwing mud everywhere and spreading fake news.
How will changing the composition of the committee for the appointment of judges reduce regulation?
And if this is true, where are all the professionals???
Weak and a liar who is unable to run a country.
His attack on the justice system is not related to regulation but to bribery, fraud and breach of trust.
— Karine Elharrar 🟠 Karine Elharrar (@KELharrar) January 25, 2023 Were we wrong?
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