"There are rules even in a demonstration":
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen was interviewed today (Monday) at the 20th Jerusalem conference of the Besheva Group in an interview with journalist Amichai Stein and referred to the legal reform that is being read for the first time today.
"I think there is a clear policy not to interfere in issues that are not relevant to Americans," Cohen noted after Biden's intervention regarding the reform.
"We have a strategic relationship between the US and Israel.
I think that no one else should interfere in internal issues that are relevant to democracy and the Israeli public."
Demonstration at Azrieli Tel Aviv, photo: Yossi Zeliger
Cohen compared the reform to the situation in the US. "The legal reform will strengthen democracy in Israel.
There is a small country called the USA, where the President is the one who chooses the Supreme Court judges and the Senate comes and approves them."
Minister Cohen added that "if we have to make such and such adjustments for the benefit of the State of Israel, for the benefit of democracy, we will do so, but out of equality.
I say all over the world that I am proud of our democracy, that people can protest, demonstrate, write whatever they want, but even in a demonstration there are rules.
You don't block roads, but worst of all, you don't speak against the State of Israel in the world.
Even when we had a disagreement with the other side, we said the same things, but we never thought of taking our slander out into the world."
Protesters block the Ayalon lanes
At the same time, he referred to his recent visit to Ukraine and said: "I want to say that we can all feel proud after the first week. It is also related to Ukraine. Last week I was in Turkey and it was possible to see the State of Israel that sent the second large delegation to Turkey, to our joy the delegation saved the lives of More than 19 were injured and we saw the face of the State of Israel in the world that extends help and regarding Ukraine - the Ukraine-Russia war exposed the evil face of Iran."
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