Netanyahu accuses Israel’s opposition of fuelling ‘anarchy’

In response to widespread anti-government demonstrations in recent days, prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused the opposition of promoting “anarchy” in Israel, while opposition leader Yair Lapid has demanded a “revolt” if the government refuses to accept the Supreme Court’s decisions.

Netanyahu said, “You recycle the same worn-out and ridiculous slogans about the end of democracy,” as he addressed the opposition in a speech to parliament on Wednesday. Once and for all, democracy is not in danger; it is actually in the bureaucrats’ power.

“Perhaps you could stop putting spanners in the government’s tools in the middle of a war”? You might be able to stop “the street gangs, hatred, and anarchy.” he continued.

In addition to resuming strikes in Gaza without any regard for the captives in the besieged enclave, thousands of Israelis have participated in several days of antigovernment demonstrations, accusing Netanyahu of undermining democracy by ousting Ronen Bar, the head of the Shin Bet internal security agency.

Netanyahu and the Shin Bet chief, who are allegedly conducting a bribery investigation into the prime minister’s office, are locked in a fight over “trust,” according to Netanyahu. The two men have been at odds with one another for the past two years as a result of bitter disagreements over how to stop the southern Israel attacks led by Hamas on October 7, 2023.

A large coalition of anti-Netanyahu organizations, which claim the Israeli leader is trying to stay in power at all costs, organized the demonstrations that started last week.

After several appeals, including those brought by opposition leader Yair Lapid’s center-right Yesh Atid party, the Supreme Court halted Bar’s dismissal.

What critics believe are Netanyahu’s two main causes of his opposition’s appeal:

The government was criticised for the security failure that made Hamas’s most deadly day in country history on October 7, 2023, a critical day for the country.

The second was alleged to have been the result of a Shin Bet investigation into Netanyahu’s close associates on suspicion of having money dealing with Qatar, according to the opposition’s appeal.

The accusations have been labeled “fake news,” according to Netanyahu’s office.

calling for “revolt.”

If the government of Netanyahu refused to accept the verdicts of the country’s Supreme Court, Yair Lapid, the leader of the Israeli opposition called for a “revolt” against it.

According to Lapid, “a government that doesn’t follow the rules of the court is a criminal government that ought to be followed,” Lapid said on local radio 103FM.

“We must shut down the country, and that would be the end of everything,” the government said.

The first step in the process to remove her was a vote of no confidence that Israel’s cabinet received on Sunday against Baharav-Miara, the country’s attorney general.

The attorney general’s job is characterized by “significant and prolonged differences between the government and the government’s legal adviser,” according to Netanyahu’s office.