The leaders of the protest against the judicial reform commented on Netanyahu's speech before his departure for Rome: "A cynical and wretched show of a dictator-in-the-making on his way to a weekend of pricey rooms in Rome at the expense of the public. This is the biggest display of disconnect in history. The dictator who is trying to turn Israel into a dictatorship will not preach to the hundreds of thousands of soldiers, doctors, teachers and citizens about disruptions."