Herzog: I will not allow harm to values of the Declaration of Independence

10 January 2023, 9:09 pm

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President Isaac Herzog presents Likud chairman Benjamin Netanyahu with the mandate to form the next government, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on November 13, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

President Isaac Herzog calls on politicians to “lower the heat” as the coalition and opposition employ increasingly incendiary rhetoric regarding the new government’s plans to greatly limit the judiciary.

“Show restraint and responsibility,” he says to MKs.

He also adds, “The values of the Declaration of Independence are our nation’s compass. I will not allow them to be harmed.”

Herzog says he is “aware of the voices heard from both sides. I am not blind to this and am constantly occupied by it.”