The chairman of the Knesset’s Constitution, Law and Justice Committee Simcha Rothman (Religious Zionist Party) spoke in English from the Knesset plenum on Monday evening in a message to Jews in the Diaspora who “believe the lies of the opposition.” The speech came as the government passed the first of the judicial reform laws amid outrage and widespread protests from left-wing protesters who claim that the government is “crushing democracy.” Rothman, who was the architect of the judicial reform together with Justice Minister Yariv Levin, slammed the lies and incitement by members of the opposition. Switching to English, Rothman said: “I beg you, I beg you, my friends, and our friends from around the world: Don’t read the news, read the bill, read what’s in this law.” “This law is very simple. It says that the Knesset can act as a sovereign and make basic laws and the Court cannot cancel them. And it says that the Israeli people, the Jewish people in their homeland, will have the ability to choose their judges – like any other free country in the world.” “We want to be a democracy like any other democracy in the world, in which the nation, the people, can choose and elect their judges. Don’t believe the lies, read the bill.” (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

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