Anshal says the protests are just rehearsals for what will probably be larger and wider. The government has only started to discuss these plans in the Knesset Law Committee. Some people think that this is sort of an opening gambit from the government, but it's at a preliminary stage. Anshal: We're in for quite a long and bitter struggle for the future of Israeli democracy right now.
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