"There are some racist laws which it is a moral obligation to break," Eldad explained. He said that he did not intend that anyone should turn to violence but repeated that everyone has the right to peacefully resist, even if the government determines the resistance is illegal.
The controversy was similar to that of several months ago when a leader of the anti-evacuation camp called on people to break the law. Pinchas Wallerstein, a member of the Council of Jewish Communities of Judea, Samaria and Gaza (Yesha), called on people to break the new law that bands demonstrations during the planned evacuation of more than 9,000 Jews from northern Samaria and Gaza.
Labor and Mertez/Yahad politicians responded as they did yesterday and demanded that the attorney general arrest him for incitement. Both Eldad and Wallerstein insisted that their plea to Israelis to be prepared to go to jail was within the bounds of democratic behavior.
Eldad compared the evacuation law to racial segregation in the United States which ended following years of non-violence resistance by civil rights movements.
Cultural differences between Israeli and western nations have caused a misunderstanding concerning warnings that evacuation bill is dividing the country. The Hebrew term literally means "civil war" but does not have the same connotation in Hebrew as the English translation, which implies the use of weapons.
Knesset speaker Reuven (Rubie) Rivlin (Likud) agreed that Eldad was not calling on citizens to rebel against the government, although he termed Eldad's remarks "very serious."
Labor MK Matan Vilnai continued to call on Eldad to give up his parliamentary immunity and reiterated that he should be charged with inciting rebellion.
The controversy was similar to that of several months ago when a leader of the anti-evacuation camp called on people to break the law. Pinchas Wallerstein, a member of the Council of Jewish Communities of Judea, Samaria and Gaza (Yesha), called on people to break the new law that bands demonstrations during the planned evacuation of more than 9,000 Jews from northern Samaria and Gaza.
Labor and Mertez/Yahad politicians responded as they did yesterday and demanded that the attorney general arrest him for incitement. Both Eldad and Wallerstein insisted that their plea to Israelis to be prepared to go to jail was within the bounds of democratic behavior.
Eldad compared the evacuation law to racial segregation in the United States which ended following years of non-violence resistance by civil rights movements.
Cultural differences between Israeli and western nations have caused a misunderstanding concerning warnings that evacuation bill is dividing the country. The Hebrew term literally means "civil war" but does not have the same connotation in Hebrew as the English translation, which implies the use of weapons.
Knesset speaker Reuven (Rubie) Rivlin (Likud) agreed that Eldad was not calling on citizens to rebel against the government, although he termed Eldad's remarks "very serious."
Labor MK Matan Vilnai continued to call on Eldad to give up his parliamentary immunity and reiterated that he should be charged with inciting rebellion.