Q&A: Tomorrow's Demonstration in Jerusalem
Tomorrow's Demonstration in Jerusalem
Question
I’d be happy to hear your general view about demonstrations. Are they useful? Just a waste of time?
And specifically about tomorrow’s demonstration מול the Supreme Court
P.S. I always thought demonstrations were a waste of time and didn’t help, and were mainly meant to unite people around an idea and preserve the base and the votes, to give them the feeling that they’re doing something.
But it turns out there are also a lot of professors at these demonstrations, and people whose time is valuable, not just young people, so I’m asking.
Answer
I don’t know which demonstration you mean. In general, there can be value in ongoing demonstrations by a large public. If the leadership understands that it is losing its electorate, or that significant damage is being caused to the economy. See what happened with the reform, and see what is happening with the draft law. Both of these would have passed long ago if not for the protests.