Netanyahu calls on all elected officials to leave arguments ‘outside the cemeteries’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls on public officials to put all arguments aside ahead of Memorial Day and Independence Day this year, despite the ongoing rift over the judicial overhaul.

“In the past few months, an important debate has been raging among us over our democracy, but during these days, I ask all elected officials — from the right and left — to put the argument aside, to leave it outside of the cemeteries,” says Netanyahu in a video statement. “To allow the bereaved families, and all of us, to mourn in silence the memory of our loved ones.”

The prime minister says that “unity” is the demand of the hour, and the bereaved families “deserve to experience these days with the entire nation of Israel standing united, behind our heroes, without any arguments.”