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Yesterday, Israel’s parliament ratified the first bill of a judicial overhaul sought by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, setting off demonstrations and protests across the country. The bill takes away the Israeli Supreme Court’s ability to nullify government decisions it finds “unreasonable in the extreme.”
Supporters say this power was nebulous and enabled liberal judges to overturn the will of the electorate. Critics say the overhaul would reduce judicial oversight over the cabinet and give the government greater powers without necessary accountability.
A political scientist at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem calls the conflict “a clash between the Israelis and the Jews,” with the Israelis representing the founders who envisioned a secular Zionist state and the Jews representing those who want to rebuild the Jewish kingdom that reigned over the land two thousand years ago.
“It’s a clash between a more civil identity and a more religious identity,” he adds.
Should this sound familiar to Americans?
Author: Jim Denison, PhD
Narrator: Chris Elkins
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Read The Daily Article: https://www.denisonforum.org/daily-article/protests-rock-israel-as-legislature-curbs-supreme-court/
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Yesterday, Israel’s parliament ratified the first bill of a judicial overhaul sought by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, setting off demonstrations and protests across the country. The bill takes away the Israeli Supreme Court’s ability to nullify government decisions it finds “unreasonable in the extreme.”
Supporters say this power was nebulous and enabled liberal judges to overturn the will of the electorate. Critics say the overhaul would reduce judicial oversight over the cabinet and give the government greater powers without necessary accountability.
A political scientist at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem calls the conflict “a clash between the Israelis and the Jews,” with the Israelis representing the founders who envisioned a secular Zionist state and the Jews representing those who want to rebuild the Jewish kingdom that reigned over the land two thousand years ago.
“It’s a clash between a more civil identity and a more religious identity,” he adds.
Should this sound familiar to Americans?
Author: Jim Denison, PhD
Narrator: Chris Elkins
Subscribe: http://www.denisonforum.org/subscribe
Read The Daily Article: https://www.denisonforum.org/daily-article/protests-rock-israel-as-legislature-curbs-supreme-court/

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