Fear of civil war in Israel: Far-rightists also take to the streets

While the controversial court ruling of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government in Israel sparked a political crisis with mass protests and strikes across the country, supporters of the right-wing government are calling for a “counter-demonstration.”

As protests involving thousands of Israelis took place against judicial regulation led by the Netanyahu-led coalition government, which restricts the powers of the judiciary and provides for the power to have a say in judicial appointments, supporters of the extreme coalition right decided to take to the streets before the possibility that Netanyahu suspended the regulation. Government supporters are expected to hold mass demonstrations for the first time at the same locations in West Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, simultaneously with their opponents.

MP Simcha Rothman, who is the chairman of Israel’s Assembly Constitution, Law and Justice Committee and is considered the architect of the controversial judicial regulation, called his right-wing supporters to the streets to support the government and prevent it from judicial regulation is carried out. him being arrested.

Rothman, a member of Parliament for the Religious Zionism Party, known for its far-right and racist policies, called on his supporters to gather outside the Israel Assembly in West Jerusalem, which is expected to be the scene of anti-government demonstrations today. . Rothman, “They won’t be able to steal our elections!”, “The public wants a radical overhaul of the judicial system”, “Go out and give the elections back to the people.” he used the phrases.

VIOLENCE MAY INCREASE

The far-right organization “The-Family”, known for its violent acts, also staged a protest at night on Kaplan Street in central Tel Aviv, which has witnessed demonstrations against judicial regulation for 13 weeks.

Anti-government groups, on the other hand, urged their supporters to stay away from areas where far-right groups are located, in the face of possible incitement and acts of violence.

Netanyahu fired Defense Minister Gallant, who called for a suspension of judicial regulation, on Sunday night, after which hundreds of thousands of Israelis took to the streets across the country. Defense Minister Gallant’s call was also supported by the Likud Party.

THE GOVERNMENT IS IN THE BEST OF DISCONTINUATION

Meanwhile, the far-right Israeli Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has reportedly declared that if the controversial judicial regulation is suspended, he will withdraw from the government but will continue to support the coalition in Parliament.

According to news from the Israel Public Broadcasting Organization (KAN), Ben-Gvir met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following the government’s decision that it “will suspend judicial regulation that provoked a social reaction.”

Netanyahu was claimed to have conveyed his “decision to suspend the controversial judicial regulation” to his coalition partners.

On the other hand, protests with the participation of thousands of people are expected in front of the Israeli Assembly in West Jerusalem against the controversial judicial regulation of the Netanyahu government. (AA)