„Corruption is like rust, it eats away from at iron slowly, until everything collapses,“ said Uzi Arad, a former national security adviser who spoke at the protest. „This is what threatens to destroy the pillars of social justice, of the government, of democracy and everything on which democracy stands.“

Rabbi Gilad Kariv, executive director of the Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism who also spoke in Tel Aviv, said that „the rallies taking place throughout Israel in the past months are the best gift. These rallies bear witness to the concern felt by millions of Israelis for the future of the state.“