Chairman Avi Gabbay of the Zionist Union is backing President Reuven Rivlin, who has decided to reject Elazar Azaria's application for a pardon and is being attacked by Knesset members and ministers from the national camp.
Gabbay said "Anyone who attacks President Rivlin today will remain an unimportant point in the history of this nation. He, on the other hand, will be remembered as a beacon of values and morals in a sea of anti-democratic processes."