Shikma Bressler, one of the leading figures behind Israel’s anti-judicial reform protests, came under heavy criticism Thursday after condemning the Jerusalem Faction’s mass demonstrations against the arrest of yeshiva bochurim—protests that included major road closures across central Israel.

In a post on X, Bressler wrote: “There is no difference between the chareidi militias of the government on the roads, for whom the law has no meaning, and the militias of the government in Judea and Samaria.”

She continued: “There is also no need to be angry. We need to understand who they are and what they want—a dark religious state. Then understand that we are fighting for the soul of the country.”

Her comments quickly sparked a wave of backlash online, with many users accusing her of hypocrisy by pointing to her own role in organizing anti-government demonstrations that repeatedly blocked major highways and disrupted transportation for months during the judicial reform protests.

“One has to ask—have you completely lost all self-awareness?” one user wrote. “Did you already forget Kaplan and everything you led?”

Another responded: “So the Left suddenly discovered the law? The same people who shut down the country in Kaplan and Balfour are now preaching against blocking roads?”

A third widely shared response read: “The hypocrisy is unbelievable. Weren’t you the one urging people to block highways?”

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