Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.
Simcha Rothman: Israel's attorney-general is biased and is manipulating public opinion on judicial reforms.
Our government is steamrolling a judicial change that is threatening the very essence of democracy. Tens of thousands continue to question why this is happening, yet the answers cannot be questioned.
For there to be proportion, people need to realize that both sides of the Israeli judicial reform debate have legitimate concerns.
Levin and Rothman: No connection to Israel's judicial reforms, which will continue on schedule.
The current battle is not about democracy. It is about justice, the rule of law and minority rights, which are essential to making a democracy the best and fairest it can be.
Herzog's negotiations, if they move forward, would be another development on legal issues that have long been debated in the halls of the Knesset and academic circles.
As a starting point, the president’s proposal accepts many of the dangerous assumptions underlying the current coalition proposal.
Given his expertise, Irwin Cotler has been called upon in recent weeks to comment on Justice Minister Yariv Levin’s proposed judicial reforms, bringing his life and career back into the limelight.
We appeal to President Herzog to convene the Zionist constitutional convention of our time, to wrest true democracy from the liberal theocracy of which we hypocritically boast in vain.
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