Yair Lapid
The opposition leader accuses the government of trying to “dismantle democracy.”
“When you go back to Israel, we in the Diaspora will face the potential consequences of even more antisemitism, powered by your words,” says the group Am Echad.
Israel’s opposition leader is on a U.S. swing intended to mend ties frayed during the divisive debate on judicial reform.
Both claim to support democracy while boosting anti-democratic reform, according to conservative political commentator Joel Pollak.
The Histadrut violated the rights of its 800,000 members, Simcha Rothman said.
The parties involved announced their negotiating teams.
Protesters against the government’s judicial reform push have launched a “Day of Paralysis.”
Part of the coalition’s judicial reform push, the amendment to Israel’s Basic Law: The Government passes by a vote of 61 for and 47 against.
“We will do everything to prevent the passing of the bills,” vow four Israeli political party chiefs.
“Israel is in the greatest crisis in its history,” opposition leader Yair Lapid tells a crowd in Beersheva.
The Israeli opposition has rejected numerous overtures to hold talks under the president’s auspices without preconditions.
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid invokes U.S. pressure as a reason to delay the legislative process • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “It is possible and necessary to talk in order to reach agreements or at least reduce the disagreements among us.”
