Lapid: America is afraid of what is happening in Israel

According to the report of Fars International News Agency, Yair Lapid, the former prime minister and the leader of the opposition in Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet, warned about the approval of the judicial reform law and said that this plan will “harm Israel’s economy and security.”

According to the report of the network websiteAl-Mayadeen“, Lapid said in an interview with “Can” radio, while emphasizing that “Washington is afraid of what is happening here, just like me”, “Israel is losing the United States and hurting its economy”.

The leader of the opposition to Netanyahu’s cabinet went on to say: If the cabinet continues to do what it is doing now, the consequences of these actions will be devastating to us. They will stop the legislation before the first reading of the proposed bills.

Lapid emphasized that what the Tel Aviv cabinet is doing led by Benjamin Netanyahu will lead to three main consequences: “First, we will stop being a nation and this is what is happening. Second, livelihoods will suffer and capital will not flow into Israel. Third, relations with the United States will suffer, and this is worse than any crisis that has occurred, even wars.

The issue of judicial reforms, which the new cabinet of the Zionist government is looking for, has even caused differences in the political relations between Tel Aviv and Washington. Amichai Chikli, the far-right Minister of Jewish Affairs outside Occupied Palestine from the Likud party, today, Sunday (February 19), responded to the words of US Ambassador in Tel Aviv, Tom Nides, who asked the Prime Minister of this regime, Benjamin Netanyahu, not to be hasty in changing the judicial system of this regime. , reacted.

He told the Zionist Kan network: “I tell the American ambassador, put the brakes on yourself and get to work.” You are not the ruler here to interfere in the issue of judicial reforms. We will be happy to discuss foreign and security issues with you. But respect our democracy.”

Before Nides, US President Joe Biden (Saturday, February 11) criticized Netanyahu’s right-wing cabinet’s judicial reform plan for the first time and said in an interview with the New York Times: “The genius of American and Israeli democracy is that They are built on strong institutions based on checks and balances, and an independent judiciary. Agreeing on fundamental changes and ensuring that they are accepted by the people for continuity is very important in reforms.

He had previously announced that “Israel is on the edge of the precipice and at a critical moment” that “it will go to destruction if the judicial reform law is passed.” In a statement on behalf of all opposition parties, the leader of the opposition added that “if the judicial reform law is approved, Israel will [تبعات] It will not be cured and it will be an “irreparable fatal blow”.

In the midst of these tensions and the increase in the scope of protests throughout occupied Palestine, the newspaper “The Times of Israel” reported: Controversial bills related to judicial reforms are scheduled to be passed in the Knesset on Monday this week (February 20). [پارلمان] Voted and approved.

On the other hand, Netanyahu’s failure to back down caused the groups organizing the protests of the Zionist settlers to announce on Tuesday last week (February 14) that they will gather in front of the Knesset building and paralyze the economy of the Zionist regime by holding nationwide demonstrations in Jerusalem and the occupied territories on Monday.

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