Dr Ruvi Ziegler is quoted by The Guardian, Yahoo!, Arab News, News Deal, Jewish News (in print), and The Observer (in print) on recent protests outside Israel’s London Embassy against the Israeli government’s planned legal reforms.

Ruvi is quoted in the above sources as saying:

“The demonstrations are a very patriotic act because they are an attempt to save Israel from making substantive mistakes that would ultimately change its character. They are anything but hostile to the Israeli state.

Since this government was formed, it has given many reasons for people in the diaspora to find themselves alienated from it.

In the past, faced with certain expressions of antisemitism, many Jews have felt the need to defend Israel, right or wrong. That sentiment may be weakening, but ultimately the blame for that lies squarely with the current government.”