There was further coverage of demonstrations against the judicial ruin, this time in London, Paris and Rome - cities where the prime minister has visited or will visit in the near future. There was also coverage of counter-demonstrations: apparently someone setup a Whatsapp list but has managed so far to sign up 1,100 people. A physical counter-demonstration drew 10 people. I will refrain from drawing the obvious conclusion from this.
But what really upset me was a short clip of Simcha Rotman (1), chairman of the Knesset Constitution Committee, saying that all these demonstrations were because 'the left wing cannot accept that Netanyahu is the prime minister'. Whilst no left winger is pleased that Netanyahu is the prime minister, THIS IS NOT THE REASON FOR THE DEMONSTRATIONS!!!!!! Is Rotman so thick that he cannot understand that the people are against judicial ruin and the beginning of dictatorship? Has he even read any of the slogans daubed on the demonstrators' placards? 'No to judicial reform' is very much to the point.
We are told that he had a three hour meeting with the President yesterday; hopefully this 'misunderstanding' has been overcome. But I doubt it. The rhetoric of the right wing needs to be taken down several pegs.
The father of Justice Minister Yariv Levin died on Saturday night, so the minister will be out of action for a week.
My anxiety level is increasing far too fast. This anxiety has dominated my thinking since yesterday evening, not allowing me to think about programming problems that are more immediate.
(1) I don't know to whom Rotman was speaking, but he did so in good English with no accent. Until these elections, no one had ever heard of Rotman, so what gives him the right to be so intransigent??
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