Energy Minister Israel Katz harshly criticized anti-judicial reform protesters this week after they allegedly spit on his jacket during an event in Tel Aviv.
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Katz addressed the crowd during a ceremony in honor of 100 years since the first street lights were lit in the city. He was interrupted by demonstrators, who shouted "shame" and threw insults at the lawmaker, and reportedly kept accosting him all the way to his car.
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Tonight I participated in the ceremony of light, "but in front of me stood the protesters of the darkness who screamed and cursed and it turns out also spat. I will not be deterred by violence masquerading as democracy. I will continue to build the country according to my way and vision," Katz wrote on Twitter.
Transport Minister Miri Regev concurred, saying, "I strongly condemn the attack this evening against Israel Katz. The State Attorney's Office will – of course – ignore, the media will normalize [this] and the Left will embrace the lawbreakers, but we will win. And I say to all my friends on the Right – leadership is being tested in these moments. We came to govern and not to apologize."
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