In video: Benjamin Netanyahu and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken (Walla system!)
Opposition Chairman Yair Lapid said today (Tuesday) that he believes the issue of the legal revolution will come up in his talks with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, who is visiting Israel.
"According to his statements yesterday, we will also talk quite a bit about their concern about Israeli democracy," he said in an interview to the program "Seven Nine" with Anat Davidov and Gideon Oko on 103. "For years we told them that Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East, and that is the basis of this relationship, the fact that they have always entered as the closest allies of the United States is a huge asset.
Lately what I've been hearing them say is, 'Wait, the basis for this is that you will continue to be the only democracy in the Middle East.'"
"We will also talk quite a bit about their concern about Israeli democracy."
Lapid and Blinken (Photo: Ministry of Defense, Shlomi Amsalem)
Lapid also rejected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's interpretation of the administration's statements.
"Nobody buys it. It's an exercise of his from the 1980s to say one thing in English and another thing in English while he's leading a move here aimed at abolishing Israeli democracy because he has criminal cases and his senior partner is a convicted felon," said the former prime minister.
"The Americans know that."
According to him, "Those who know Blinken, he is a kind man without malice, me and him have a strong bond as two children of Holocaust survivors. Those who know his very moderate style know that in Israeli terms he shouted yesterday, 'What are you talking about? You abolish democracy and expect We have to fight and we won't stop fighting in the streets, in the Knesset, in the courts, anywhere possible. The coalition has a majority, and if the coalition decides that it is abolishing democracy, it is very difficult to stop it."
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He added: "All forces must be mobilized in an attempt to stop a speeding train that ignores everything. People do not understand the consequences, the Israeli economy is going to be damaged, say more than 300 of the most senior economists in the country. Including the governors of the Bank of Israel past and present. Foreign investors do not invest in Hungary or Turkey".
Lapid even brought up the idea of establishing a presidential committee again, although it was criticized by other elements in the opposition.
"The president is looking into it now. The president will set up a committee, bring to him representatives of the government, the opposition, the academy and the court. They will stop the legislation and the president will put an informed proposal on the state's table. The president was proposed because he is neutral, he does not take sides."
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