Friday, January 21, 2011



Last Saturday, ten thousand Israelis demonstrated in Tel Aviv against anti-democratic initiatives by the Knesset & current government, specifically the formation of a Knesset committee to investigate 'left-wing' organizations.

From +972:

Representatives of various opposition parties spoke at the event. Hadsh MK Mohammad Barakeh told the crowd that though some people hoped that the occupation would "remain outside the 1967 borders," this idea was proved wrong. "The occupation corrupted Israel," said Barakeh.

MK Nitzan Horowitz (Meretz) said that it’s too easy to blame [Israel Beitenu's Avigdor] Lieberman and [Shas'] Eli Yisahy for the current unti-democratic trends. "It is Binyamin Netanyahu’s government that initiates the racist and anti-democratic laws," said Horowitz. He later attacked Labor party and Defense Minister Ehud Barak for taking part "in the most racist government in Israel’s history."
. . . MK Meir Sheetrit of Kadima, former Justice and interior minister, advised human rights organizations not to cooperate with the planned Knesset committee that would look into their actions and financial sources. The committee has no legal or moral authority, said Sheetrit.

Haaretz also covered the demo.

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