Anti-coalition figures say no faith in compromise talks as right rallies

A statement from a group calling itself “leaders of the opposition against the dictatorship” calls talks aimed at reaching a compromise on the judicial overhaul a “fraudulent feint,” accusing the coalition of planning on steaming ahead with its controversial legislation.

“Starting from Sunday Israel will be a borderline dictatorship, with just one vote separating us from a dangerous corrupt dictatorship.”

On Twitter, former Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar, an opposition lawmaker and one-time proponent of more modest judicial reforms calls a speech by current Justice Minister Yariv Levin at a pro-overhaul rally “among the most severe instances of incitement against the judicial system he heads.”

“His purpose is two-fold: purposefully sabotaging the [compromise] talks at the President’s Residence and continuing to delegitimize the judicial system in order to dismantle it as an independent entity and turn it into a tool of the regime and its whims,” he says on Twitter.