Former PM Olmert Refuses To Retract Calls For Civil Disobedience, Calls Ben-Gvir “The Tiktok Clown”

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert addressed the criticism against him on Sunday when he called for civil disobedience to protest the judicial reform.

Arutz Sheva reports that in an interview with Army Radio, Olmert said, “I very much hope that the police will not knock on my door, and if that happens, I will act as a responsible person acts. I just think that the very possibility that is raised, that the police will knock on the door of people like Ehud Barak or Yair Golan, who filled crucial positions, when the things they say contain no incitement and no threat, when the government ministers are the ones who speak in hateful terms, and say that we should be seen as traitors, to think that in the end the police will come to question people like us – this is unacceptable.”

“In addition, today’s talks about changing the granting of authority in the law that will allow the Tiktok clown Ben-Gvir to decide on administrative detentions at his discretion, this is the height of the threat to democracy, it is intolerable.”

Regarding the expected demonstration at Ben-Gurion Airport, Olmert said, “I support the demonstration, and I don’t think that any of the organizers of the demonstration talked about disruptions at the airport or damage to its ability to function, these are things that the opponents of the protest say, but that is not what the people of the protest are saying, the intention is to have an impolite demonstration. The purpose of the demonstrations is to make it clear to the government that there is a powerful movement that is the power infrastructure of Israeli society, in the economic, creative, academic, in any field, and these demonstrations want to make the government shy away. I support them, with emphasis on the fact that there is no intention to do anything illegal or violent, and I am sure that there will be no violent aspect, that they will look at what is happening in Paris and understand the tremendous difference.”

{Matzav.com Israel}