Rabbi Avraham Menkes, spokesman for the Jerusalem faction: In the past six months, 100,000 young men, young women, parents of children, young yeshiva students have entered the state's criminal database. We know the reason, their desire to study Torah all the time, 24/7.
Baruch Kara: No, no, the reason they are going to prison is not related to the fact that they are studying Torah, but is related to the fact that they are deserters from the Israel Defense Forces.
Rabbi Avraham Menkes: The reason is that those 100,000 who are surrounded by over a million supporters, which is a significant percentage of the country, think that studying the Torah is what protects the people of Israel, is what sustains the people of Israel. And especially since 85 percent of the country's residents have violated the Torah covenant. They don't study it, they don't uphold it. So you want them not to either?
Baruchi: So you decide, for the 85 percent, that you study Torah for them. I understand that the fact that these 85 percent are bowing down under the burden and being killed by explosive drones is less interesting.
Manx: First of all, I want to tell you, and I know this will upset a lot of people, but we too are bowing under the burden.
Baruchi: But no one forced you to do it.
Menkes: 3500 years ago we received the Torah and only a very small percentage of us keep it, while the rest put a stop to it. So we also bow down under the burden.
Baruchi: But no one forced you to do it.
Menkes: I'll tell you who's asking for this? The Constitution! You're amazing. You, who believe that the Declaration of Independence is part of the Constitution of Israel, the Torah of Israel is certainly the Constitution. We, the entire Jewish people, gathered together 3,500 years ago and accepted it as a complete constitution for ourselves. And so I can't understand: This is our Constitution, the Torah of Israel.
Baruchi: So try to understand. Because every person has their own beliefs, I believe in both Jewish law and Zionist values. But I ask you, what do you think about the invasion of Judge Solberg's home, this pogrom?
Menkes: Judge Solberg is a tyrannical dictator, decides alone, even decides against the Holy Torah, and therefore in every democratic country there is a right to demonstrate against a dictatorship, certainly against a dictator who was elected by himself and does whatever he pleases.
Baruchi: Chosen by himself?
Menkes: Yes, by Amit Bachar…
Baruchi: Amit Bachar? Do you realize that you are spreading lies here?
Manx: Certainly… Regarding what was done, I am against breaking things, certainly I am in favor of demonstrating.
Baruchi: So I understand that you are condemning the members of the 'Jerusalem faction' who carried out a pogrom in the Solberg family home, so to speak.
Menkes: It wasn't the people of the 'Jerusalem Faction,' it was very good friends of ours, from another group. I would never condemn them, not only because I have no connection with them, I mean to say that I didn't do it, but I have an excellent relationship with them, and also because they spilled two vases - the day you condemn everything that 'Kaplan' did, I will condemn the breaking of the vase.
Baruchi: Well, that's also a lie, the damage was much more than breaking a vase. In any case, are you preparing for more such actions?
Knox: I said it explicitly! I am against violence and you are asking me if I intend to commit violent acts. I am against violence, I am definitely in favor of what the Attorney General said, that 'there is no effective demonstration without disturbing public order,' and I, as a citizen, as a Democrat citizen, call for doing what the Attorney General called for us to do.
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