Protesters: No choice but to demonstrate, government trying to destroy Israel

Protesters in Tel Aviv say they feel they have no choice but to come out and demonstrate.

“I didn’t want to come today, I wanted to continue with my life, but I felt that there’s no choice, it’s gotten to that point… There’s a group that’s trying to destroy Israel,” Omer Sagi, 40, an agri-tech worker from Ramat Gan, tells The Times of Israel.

“I’m having conversations with my friends about whether to leave the country. I don’t want to live in a place without a Supreme Court or civil rights.”

Others agree and say they will not be deterred by a stronger response from police.

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“It’s really tense, you can see that people are really desperate and they don’t want to fight against the cops but are against what’s happening in the country,” says Sharon Aronoff, 32, who immigrated to Israel from Germany as a teen.

“They’re really scared because of the justice system and dictatorship, and what happened in Huwara two days ago is just an example of what people are ready to do,” she says.

Not all at the protest share the same view.

“I’m against the protest. I support Yariv Levin’s judicial reform. I think he’s doing the right thing,” says Eli Almog, 28, from Petah Tikvah.

“I came to see it today with my own eyes and see if this is a group of anarchists or people who are really hurting, and my impression is it’s really both.”