The Israeli prime minister described his coalition’s proposed changes to the Supreme Court as “a minor correction.”
Judicial Reform
If we don’t learn to stick together and stop looking for the negative in others, then we don’t have the privilege of being a light of the nations.
‘Time for responsibility and restraint’: President Herzog calls for calm and political cooperation amid fierce protests over judicial reforms.
“Democratically elected leaders will have more power, and unelected judges will have less.”
Because the right never threatens to turn over the board and walk away from the game.
Opposing worldviews are difficult to reconcile. The people of Israel have stumbled over this again and again in their history.
There’s plenty to debate and even protest, but let’s start from a fact-based perspective. Anything else is just vapid sloganeering.
A stormy night lies behind us with chaotic scenes in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv after the Knesset passed the reasonableness bill. What’s next?
Netanyahu pushes for last-minute compromise with opposition, but is thwarted by a handful of ministers as “reasonableness” bill passes 64-0.
Those who voted for the Netanyahu government and its judicial reform are finally taking to the streets.