Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi responded to protests by IDF reservists, who say they will refuse to volunteer to serve should the judicial reform become law. "For those who refuse to serve I will quote from the book of Esther: 'For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish.' Israel will manage without you and you can go to hell."