On video: demonstration outside the Knesset (Yotam Ronan)
Direct: Statement by the leaders of the opposition (photo: Roni Knafo)
The leaders of the opposition in the Knesset held a press conference at noon (Monday) at the Knesset headquarters at the same time as the huge demonstration outside the Knesset with the participation of tens of thousands of people.
The one who opened the statements was the head of the opposition and chairman of Yesh Atid Yair Lapid who chose to call on Likud
members to stop the legal revolution.
Avi Dichter, Yuli Edelstein, Yoav Galant, Nir Barkat, Israel Katz, Danny Danon, David Bitan - don't let this happen.
Instead of doing destructive politics on your back, you will make history," said Lapid.
Lapid also said to those Likud members: "You can stop this disaster. It's in your hands. If you don't do something now, it will be on your conscience. Even if you support the reform of the judicial system, you know the truth: not like this. Not for these reasons, Not from these motives. Not in a way that would turn the State of Israel into an undemocratic state, and tear the people of Israel in two."
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Lapid at a demonstration outside the Knesset, today (Photo: Reuters)
On the outline presented by President Yitzhak Herzog yesterday: "I am not happy with every word of it, but none of us has the right to ignore it. As legislators and leaders, it is your duty to demand that the legislation be stopped immediately. Instead of stepping into the abyss, we will go to the president's house and start a dialogue there that will save the people of Israel ".
He directly addressed the Likud people: "Abi Dichter, you bravely risked your life more than once for the good of the country. It's time to bring that courage to the political arena. Yuli Edelstein, you were a prisoner of Zion in an undemocratic country. You know what it looks like, you know why This is leading, you cannot let it go. Yoav Galant, you are the Minister of Defense, you know that if this legislation is passed, Israeli security will suffer. Any soldier who now fights in Jenin or Nablus will be exposed to international lawsuits. We will lose the political and security backing of America."
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