Haaretz newspaper conference on the legal revolution with the participation of Ehud Barak (Haaretz)
The Likud party today (Friday) filed a police complaint against former Prime Minister Ehud Barak, claiming that he called for civil unrest and refused an order.
"Freedom of speech does not provide protection to a former elected official who uses it cynically, who sees it as a weapon of wild incitement aimed at provoking a civil war, to call for rebellion against the government, which won the trust of the people in the elections and the trust of the Knesset," the party wrote.
Yesterday Barak said that it is the duty of the soldiers to refuse an order over which "a black flag is flying".
He equated this to the question of obedience to a "clearly illegitimate" regime, which he warned that Israel would accept if the legal revolution was implemented.
He also said that if the coalition does not stop its moves, "we will be in a dictatorship in six weeks."
He said these things at the democracy conference of "Haaretz", the new fund and the Zolt Institute.
"When there are orders on which a black flag is flying, it is not the right of the soldier or officer to refuse, it is his duty," Barak said.
"The civilian equivalent of this here."
He added: "We have a contract with a liberal democracy, as it is defined in the Declaration of Independence, and we do not have a contract with any dictator. In the test of history, those who obeyed the orders, and those who gave the orders, are recorded in the world record."
He also said: "If they don't stop, we will be in a dictatorship within six weeks and the public will have to do what its representatives in the Knesset do not do. Historical experience has shown that when 3.5 percent of the population stubbornly persists in demonstrations and protests by all the means at its disposal, the government either folds or falls, I don't I know what damages will be caused along the way, but I am sure we will win because we are on the right side of history and we are not afraid of anything or anyone."
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