Netanyahu: There are those who believe some of the nation are worth more than others

In an apparent dig at the mass anti-government protests across the country, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that there are some in Israel today who believe some of the nation are worth more than others.

Speaking at a memorial service for Zeev Jabotinsky, the revisionist Zionist leader who is often cited as the father of Netanyahu’s Likud party, the prime minister says Jabotinsky “believed in the unity of the nation — not having some worth more than others.”

“Today there are those who believe that part of the nation are worth more than others and they should read Jabotinsky,” Netanyahu says.

Netanyahu and his coalition partners have repeatedly tried to portray the mass protests over the judicial overhaul as led by elites, unwilling to accept the will of the voters.