Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the protests against judicial reform are a sign that Israel’s democratic process is “as strong as ever.”
Speaking to CNN, Netanyahu dismissed claims by some demonstrators that democratic freedoms were under threat, saying “protests that have taken hundreds of thousands of Israelis to the streets for 17 straight weeks to protest the plans are not a sign of the collapse of democracy.. They are a sign of the collapse of democracy. A sign of the strength of a public debate that I am working to resolve with the greatest possible unanimity.”
He added, “I guarantee you one thing: at the end of this process, Israel, which was a democracy, will remain a democracy and remain a strong democracy.”
Explaining the idea of judicial reform, he said that “Israel has lost its balance”, noting that “the big problem is to bring it back to a balance that is acceptable in most democracies without going over to the side that could actually remove the restrictions.” and balances on the power of the majority.
Source: i24 news