Lapid to protesters: ‘We won’t stay quiet, we’re not here just to pay taxes’

Opposition leader Yair Lapid addresses the tens of thousands who have gathered outside the Knesset to protest the judicial overhaul.

“We will not stay quiet,” Lapid says. “We will not stay quiet as they destroy everything that is precious and sacred to us.”

“They hear us, and suddenly discover that we’re not ready to play the game the way they planned it. We’re not here just to pay taxes,” Lapid says.

“If they continue this craziness, don’t talk to us about unity. There’s no unity when only one side makes the rules,” says the opposition leader.

“What they hear here from this place isn’t the voice of exhaustion, it’s the voice of hope… it’s what makes our voice clear and loud,” he says, his own voice straining.

“People of Israel, we will fight in the streets, we’ll fight until we win,” he says.