Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the public deserved to know that the law enforcement system would operate in an equitable manner and that there would be no selective enforcement.
"Today, the government will receive an update from the attorney general and enforcement officials regarding the enforcement policy regarding enforcement, threats, harm to elected officials, calls for civil rebellion and disobedience to the law, roadblocks, and illegal strikes," Netanyahu said at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting Sunday.
"I would like to clarify a few things," Netanyahu said. "The right to demonstrate within the framework of the law is a sacred right for every person and every group, and we strongly condemn any violence against demonstrators from either side."
"This right is reserved for both the opponents of the reform and its supporters. The government does not intend to limit this right, but the government does request a report on what the enforcement policy is in relation to violations of the law, which violate the basic rights of millions of citizens, and which are carried out almost on a daily basis during the demonstrations.
He added: "These violations are manifested in blocking main transportation arteries, disrupting the airport, calling for the non-payment of taxes, harassing public figures and those around them, calling for sedition, organizing refusals to serve with the aim of disabling entire units in the army, and violations of the law in many other areas."
"The public should receive an answer to the question - what is the enforcement policy, and is it a uniform policy? In a democratic country, it is not possible to have one enforcement policy towards a certain population, and a second enforcement policy towards another population. Because it is clear to everyone - selective enforcement constitutes a fatal blow to democracy and a fatal blow to the government and the law, and therefore we asked the attorney general to give a report to the government on this issue," he said.
Netanyahu then commented on the security situation: "I am clarifying our policy again, anyone who murders Israelis, anyone who commits terrorism, will end up in one of two places: either in prison or in the grave. This is the government's policy and we implement it in three ways: First, we come to terms with the perpetrators themselves, without exception. Second, we reach those who send the terrorists and terrorist infrastructures."
"Third, we take the initiative and surprise. We determine the timing of our actions, as we did in Operation Shield and Arrow against the Islamic Jihad in Gaza, and as we did in Operation Home and Garden against the terrorists in Jenin. We changed the equation, and we will continue to do so.
"At the same time, we continue to struggle with the cost of living. This week we are re-engaging the Ministerial Committee on the Cost of Living, in order to speed up the legislation, the removal of regulation, and the uniformity of standards between us and Europe; what is good for Europe is good for Israel. My intention is to hold the committee in a weekly meeting until Recess. We are obligated to fight the cost of living," Netanyahu said.
"Today the government will approve our participation in the COP 28 climate conference, an international conference that will be held in the United Arab Emirates. We are committed to the important international effort to reduce pollutants and protect the environment."