The Left Proves that the Right is Democratic

Recently MK Benni Gantz repeated what was already said by other Leftists, which is that if the current government passes judicial reform, they will make sure to undo all of it once they get elected. Here's the video:

https://x.com/gantzbe/status/1867557108041875795

To quote (from Hebrew):

"And if you exploit political power without consideration for the entirety of the public and manage to unfortunately pass something that harms Israeli democracy, we'll make sure to cancel everything."

Their claim is that judicial reform is undemocratic, and repeately say that it will lead to Israel canceling democracy and becoming a dictatorship. However, at the same time they also say that if they win the election they will undo all of it. Thus they admit that even if judicial reform passes, Israel will still use a democratic system to elect its government, and that government will still have the power to change the system of government. Thus they are admitting that judicial reform will not cancel democracy but will instead just be yet another move within the game of democracy.

It's quite funny how they disprove their own argument simply by making it.

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