Goldknopf Threatens Nationwide Protest and Civil Uprising

United Torah Judaism chairman Yitzhak Goldknopf issued a sharp threat during a radio interview on Kol Barama, saying, "There will come a day when we will turn the country upside down, but that will be in a later stage. The whole country will be like a firebrand." He made the remarks in the context of his opposition to how his community is treated.

Goldknopf continued, "Do you think they will make us slaves and maidservants?" He said there would come a point when "everyone will go out to protests all over the country." He also said, "We will take the prisons and turn them into yeshivas." The remarks were presented as a warning about mass demonstrations and a broader confrontation.

The statements were broadcast on Kol Barama and appear to have been aimed at signaling escalating protest action at an unspecified future time. No response from other political figures was included in the article.