“Netanyahu, you did not receive a mandate from the public to destroy democracy and the majority of the public in Israel, including Likud voters, are opposed to a hasty and destructive reform which is based on the fact that you are too weak to deal with the extremists in your government,” Lapid tweeted.
Netanyahu had said earlier, "A large majority of the public agrees that there is a need to make amendments to the judicial system and law enforcement. We talked about it before the elections and received a clear mandate from the public to do so. The amendments need to be made with responsibility and consideration, while hearing all the positions, and this is exactly the process that will happen now in the legislature."
"I suggest that everyone calm down and enter into a substantive discussion. When they say that the smallest amendment is the destruction of democracy, it is not only an incorrect argument - it is also an argument that does not allow for the understandings that should be reached in substantive discussions in the Israeli Knesset. I want to reassure you. Democracy is built on balance. It is kept evenly between the three authorities and this balance exists in all democracies in the world, it also existed in Israel in its first fifty years," added the Prime Minister. READ MORE
