King of Flesh and Blood / Daniela London Dekel
In her statement about the bullets, Idit Silman scorned the entire democratic concept that a leader is also a human being.
Assessment
The comment about bullets treats political leaders as untouchable figures, undermining the democratic principle that those in power does not make a person invulnerable. Silman's framing leadership as beyond human fallibility erodes the core idea that citizens hold authority over their representatives. The debate now centers on whether such rhetoric signals a broader erosion of democratic norms in Israeli political discourse.