Former Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz, leader of the National Unity party, on Monday called on the public to demonstrate against the new judicial reform announced by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition government.
«Go out and fight for what you believe in: against the demolition of democracy,» Gantz said, adding that it is «time to shake the country,» as the judicial reform would lead to a «civil war within Israeli society,» The Times of Israel reported.
The leader of the National Unity party explained that this measure «will have a fatal impact on national security». He also alluded to the corruption cases in which Netanyahu is involved, which would have pushed Likud to push for such a reform.
«If you believe that a legal injustice has been done to you, don’t correct it with an injustice to the State of Israel and Israeli society. This is an unpatriotic and anti-Zionist act,» said the former Israeli Defense Minister.
The changes proposed by the head of the Justice portfolio, if approved by the Knesset (Israeli Parliament), would give the government control over the judicial selection committee and limit the authority of legal advisors.
Israel’s new Justice Minister, Yariv Levin, a member of Netanyahu’s Likud party, believes that judicial activism has destroyed confidence in the justice system, which is why governments cannot govern effectively.
For his part, former Prime Minister and current head of the opposition Yair Lapid previously assured that this proposal «is not a legal reform», but «a threatening letter». «They are threatening to destroy the entire constitutional structure of the State of Israel,» he denounced, branding the new government «as a gang of criminals.»
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
