This was announced on Monday by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. a call to protesters “not to act violentlyin the midst of a deepening political crisis caused by a proposal to reform the judiciary following the resignation of Defense Secretary Yoav Gallant, in connection with his calls for a suspension of the legislative process.

“I ask all the protesters, in Jerusalem, right and left, behave responsibly and not act violently. We are brothers,” Netanyahu wrote in a brief message on his social media page. twitter, without an official announcement of the time when he will appear publicly to discuss the situation, in the context of a new day of protests, to which are added counter-demonstrations called by parties in the government coalition.

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According to information compiled by Channel 12, Netanyahu’s office said that the prime minister informed the United States of his intentions Sunday afternoon. He also pointed to talk of a possible reversal of Gallant’s dismissal, which led to new mass demonstrations.

Although “Bibi” was supposed to appear at 10:00 (local time), his speech was delayed due to threats from some of his far-right and ultra-Orthodox associates. about the possibility of withdrawing his support if he relents and suspends the reform, which could lead to the collapse of the government assembled after the November 1, 2022 elections.

In fact, after that, Netanyahu met with National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, leader of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party, who would say that would be ready to leave his post if the Prime Minister took a step in this direction, This is reported by the Israeli newspaper Jerusalem Post. On the contrary, Ben Gvir, one of the most controversial figures in the executive branch, would speak out against the dissolution of parliament.

The far right argued that “Judicial reform cannot be stopped” and stressed that “we must not surrender to anarchy”. “Something happened in Israel today,” he said, before assuring that “the votes of Tsakhala, the high-income district in Tel Aviv, are worth more than the votes of Dimona and Beersheba, and the votes of workers in high-tech companies are more valuable. more expensive than manual workers.

Earlier, Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu of Otzma Yehudit stressed that the party “not ready to stop legislation” and criticized Netanyahu for “giving in to political coercion”. “I think stopping the law is a really problematic issue,” he said, after which far-right Religious Zionist Simcha Rothman called on his supporters to demonstrate in Jerusalem.

Likewise, Limor parliamentarian Son Har-Meleh of Otzma Yehudit argued that suspending reform would “gift to terrorism. “That would be to say that the violence is worth setting the country on fire,” he said, before asserting that “judicial reform is not the cause of these protests.”

“This is a pretext for allowing the Supreme Court to rule that right-wing policies that are beneficial to the Jewish people are not applied,” he defended. “I ask right-wing people to speak up and say enough is enough. We want something different. We deserve it. We are not invisible citizens. We cannot be ignored in favor of a small group of people who, unfortunately, are in power in the state and do not bear any responsibility,” he said.

In contrast, Israeli Justice Minister Yariv Levin, the main proponent of the reform, argued that he will respect this decision if Netanyahu decides to suspend work in the Knesset. “As a member of the Likud, I respect any decision by the prime minister on the judicial reform process,” he said in a statement.

“It comes from understanding a situation where if everyone does what they want, it could lead to the fall of the government and the collapse of the Likud,” said Levin, who urged “everyone to make an effort to stabilize the government.” and coalition.