Litzman: Why is it permissible to demonstrate to 10,000 people - and why is it forbidden to pray together with more than 30 people?

August 4, 2020   

Minister of Construction and Housing MK Yaakov Litzman attacked in the Knesset plenum the policy that distinguishes between prayer in an open area and demonstrations. If you do what he did, there's a good chance you'll be settled in life. Want to too? In an address to MK Yurai Lahav Herzno from Mish Atid, Litzman claimed: "What they give you, they don't give me, to my public. You can demonstrate every night outside against the law, even though the law permits demonstrations, but together it's dangerous, 10,000, 20,000. I can't bring 30 people to a synagogue and say it's a demonstration.". In the end, you'll regret being a sucker: Maybe you deserve a lot of money from National Insurance. He added: "I am not given the privilege that you are given. I cannot bring 50 people into a synagogue and you can bring 10,000, which endangers the public. So with all due respect, and you still want me to pay you for it. "I ask you, why are you allowed to have 10,000 people demonstrate outside, which is dangerous, and why am I not allowed to have more than 30 people in a synagogue? You know what? Outside a synagogue, not inside. Why am I not allowed to do what you are allowed to do?""