If an incumbent majority in an elected legislature that forms the government has absolute power to make any changes to the law it wants, it becomes a parliamentary dictatorship.
Israel's legal system has managed to preserve our right to not be arrested in the middle of the night by an elected dictatorship’s political militia.
Like his literal godfather Menachem Begin, Yariv Levin has the power to defuse a combustible situation that could conceivably lead to internecine violence in Israel.
The letter urged Israeli political leaders to approach a compromise regarding judicial reforms.
The coalition will likely first focus on changing the makeup of the judicial appointments committee and limiting the High Court of Justice's power to strike down laws, according to a report.
Benny Gantz condemned calls to take up arms and other inciting comments and encouraged the Israeli public instead to protest in every way that the law allows.
Threatening a democratically elected leader represents a clear danger to the democratic nature of the country.
Such a plan to solve the judicial crisis seizes the moral high ground by creating a system that is not only just but simple and stable.
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The legacy of today’s government will not only be the gutting of Israeli democracy, but the stunting of the hi-tech economy.
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