MK Danny Danon (Likud) spoke to Israel National News at the Knesset on Monday, following the approval of the bill reducing the use of the reasonableness standard, and expressed his satisfaction with the move.
"We saw Israeli democracy in action. We made a commitment to the voters on a certain matter and we kept it. Now, on the eve of Tisha B'Av, we need to embrace the people of Israel and convey a message of unity. There are no good and bad people or black and white here. We are all concerned about the Jewish people and there are those who are afraid today. We are coming to do good for Israel and our goal down the road is to reach unity and agreements," Danon said.
He stressed that it was impossible to reach consensus ahead of Monday’s vote. "I am always in favor of agreements and reaching a broad agreement. Unfortunately, this came right down to the final seconds and it was very difficult. Such things have to be done in advance and today it was very difficult to reach agreements and understandings because the opposition does not have one leader but several."
He continued, "I hope that after we go on recess we will take the time to do our homework and arrive at the next session after discussions and with the goal of reaching broad agreements."
Danon also marked the next goal: "The next thing we want to promote is changing the composition of the Judicial Selection Committee and we need to reach an agreement on that."
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