Yossi Shain, a former member of the Knesset from the Yisrael Beteinu Party and professor emeritus at Georgetown and Tel Aviv University, assailed the prime minister for attempting to convince the public he knew better than top economists. He told reporter Arieh O’Sullivan that judicial reform and the current government’s attempt to delegitimize opponents was “an assault on the Zionist concept of modernity” and pushing Israel to the verge of civil strife and anarchy. “ “We are in a road to hate not one of mending our differences. This is a painful moment for many people,” he said.(photo: Tomer Neuberg/flash90)