Rothman, in English, tells the world: Don’t believe the lies; read the bill

In a passage of his speech shortly before the Knesset votes on legislation he has piloted through his Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, the coalition’s Simcha Rothman departs from the Hebrew norm and briefly speaks in English to those who care about Israel around the world:

“I beg you, my friends and our friends from around the world, don’t read the news, read the law,” he begins.

“This law is very simple — it says that the Knesset can act as a sovereign and make Basic Laws and the court cannot cancel them. And it says that the Israeli people, the Jewish people in their homeland, will have the ability to choose their judges like any other free country in the world.

“We want to be a democracy like any other democracy in the world, where the people can choose and elect their judges.”

Rothman concludes his English remarks: “Don’t believe the lies. Read the bill.”