Ex-defense minister Ya'alon: Herzog's call for compromise 'disappointing'

Former defense minister and protest leader Moshe Ya’alon says he found President Isaac Herzog’s compromise proposal “disappointing.”

Moments before stepping onto stage to address the crowds of thousands assembled outside of Jerusalem’s Knesset, Ya’alon tells The Times of Israel that Herzog’s Sunday evening address failed to anchor the conversation in the principles of Israel’s Declaration of Independence.

“It was disappointing. I think the president, as someone who represents stateliness, needs to say that our guiding principle is the Declaration of Independence,” one of the state’s founding documents though it lacks enforceability.

Ya’alon also said he was “against negotiating” with the coalition, which he said “brushed them [opposition leaders] off.”