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What the War Against Judicial Reform is Really About: Caroline Glick, Mar. 24, 2023 — The left’s total war against the Netanyahu government’s judicial reform plan seems to know no bounds, and appears impenetrable to information or substantive discussion.
JNS Webinar: Israel’s Judicial Reform Crisis Explained: Alex Traiman, JNS, Mar. 27, 2023 — What are the reforms? Why are there protests? Why are there counter-protests? Will embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be able to save his coalition? What is at stake for the Jewish state?
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High Court Refuses to Hear Challenge to AG’s ‘Neutrality’ On Reform: Shimon Sherman, JNS, Mar. 23, 2023 — Israel’s Supreme Court, sitting as the High Court of Justice, on Wednesday refused to consider and dismissed as baseless a petition alleging that the attorney general has a conflict of interest when it comes to her decisions regarding the government’s reform program that would place limits on her authority.
Full Text: Herzog’s Judicial Reform Proposal: JNS, Mar. 16, 2023 — The president’s proposed constitutional framework for settling the relations between the branches of government in Israel by broad consensus.
VIDEO: The Tikvah Fund and Jewish Journal Present: Understanding Israeli Judicial Reforms: A Debate: Jewish Journal, Feb. 22, 2023 — The Jewish Journal and the Tikvah Fund’s Israel Law and Liberty Forum project invite you to watch a lively debate about an issue that has triggered enormous controversy in Israel. Two highly knowledgeable panelists–Member of Knesset Simcha Rothman, chair of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee and a driving force behind the reforms; and constitutional expert Professor Yaniv Roznai of Reichman University, an outspoken critic of the reforms– face off over the proposed overhaul of the judicial system by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition. Jewish Journal columnist Shmuel Rosner moderates.
What You Just Witnessed Was One of the Greatest Weeks in Israel’s History: Daniel Gordis, Substack, Mar. 27, 2023 — This is far from over. It could be very, very far from over. And I’m about to get on a plane for fourteen hours, so that by the time I land, things might well have changed. Perhaps dramatically.
Judicial Reform at a Crossroads: A Guide to the Perplexed: Netael Bandel, Israel Hayom, Mar. 27, 2023 — As of Tuesday, the judicial reform and almost all of its related bills are in limbo, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu having announced that the final votes will not take place until late April and only after dialogue begins with the Opposition. Here is what you need to know.
Israel’s Judicial System Is the Dream of the American Left: David Harsanyi, The Federalist, Mar. 27, 2023 — No constitution. No limiting principles of governance. Entrenched leftist judges who get to appoint their own successors in perpetuity. Courts that offer arbitrary, expedient, constantly evolving, sometimes contradictory rulings to block laws passed by duly-elected, center-right governments. An attorney general empowered to bar elected leaders from participating in national debates. Sounds like a progressive paradise.
Full Text: Herzog’s Judicial Reform Proposal: JNS, Mar. 16, 2023 — The president’s proposed constitutional framework for settling the relations between the branches of government in Israel by broad consensus.
What You Just Witnessed Was One of the Greatest Weeks in Israel’s History: Daniel Gordis, Substack, Mar. 27, 2023 — This is far from over. It could be very, very far from over. And I’m about to get on a plane for fourteen hours, so that by the time I land, things might well have changed. Perhaps dramatically.
