Saying “the soul and future of the nation are at stake,” Israeli President Isaac Herzog warned the government against renewing its contentious judicial overhaul initiative in an address to the Israel Bar Association in Tel Aviv on Tuesday.
Also addressing the Bar Association was Acting Supreme Court President Uzi Vogelman, who criticized Justice Minister Yariv Levin for continuing to delay critical judicial appointments.
“I hear the voices and initiatives of those who seek to return us months back to the same arena where it all began, I recognize the dangerous fumes in the air and I warn against them here, and honestly ask: Is this what Israeli society needs now?” said Herzog.
“Is this what thousands of bereaved families need? This is what tens of thousands of families are asking for, who don’t sleep at night out of worry for their loved ones at the front, because they are evacuated, or God forbid because their loved ones are kidnapped and held by brutal murderers? Is this what the wounded in body and soul are shouting to us? I say clearly — No!”