Israel Bar Association Chairman Amid Bachar said at the bar's annual conference in Eilat that "in the last three years, we are witnessing a pincer movement threatening the independence of the judicial system and the rule of law in Israel." According to him, "We are seeing a murky wave of incitement, severe verbal violence and riots in courtrooms - aimed at terrorizing the courts and judges." He noted "the escalation of violence and incitement toward the court, its judges, the attorney general and her team: In the past week, another wave opened, following the decision to file indictments in the Bild newspaper classified documents leak case, and as part of it we saw comparisons to Eichmann and to Israel's greatest enemies."