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Thursday, March 30th 2023 / Tuesday, October 31st 2023

Citation de la semaine: “La tendance la plus profonde de toute activité humaine est la marche vers l’équilibre. ” Jean Piaget Six études de psychologie Table des Matières Israël : Benjamin Netanyahou annonce la suspension du projet de réforme judiciaire                               […]

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Thursday, March 30th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

By Moshe Phillips As we approach the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising there can be no doubt that the mainstream media will cover the occasion. For example, CNN is asking “Was your family affected by the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943? Leave CNN a voicemail” (source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/was-your-family-affected-by-the-warsaw-ghetto-uprising-in-1943-leave-cnn-a-voicemail/ar-AA18R4rv). Whatever CNN and other news outlets may produce this year, […]

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Thursday, March 30th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

UNDERSTANDING BARAK’S VISION Aharon Barak’s Revolution:  Hillel Neuer, Azure on Line, Winter 5758/1998, no. 3 — In recent years, the state of Israel has undergone a constitutional revolution that has remarkably escaped the notice of most Israelis. With the 1992 passage of Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty, and Basic Law: Freedom of Occupation, the power of the […]

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Thursday, March 30th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

Elliot Abrams Council on Foreign Relations, Mar. 16, 2023 “As courts consider whether to override decisions of elected officials, they must also rely on some standard by which to judge those actions. Where there is a written constitution, it provides the standard.”   Israel’s current—and deeply divisive—debate over changes in the role of its Supreme […]

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Thursday, March 30th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

Daniel J. Arbess WSJ, Mar. 17, 2023 “Israel could consider reforming the structure of its constitution from the British parliamentary mode to an American-style separation of powers that would be adapted for Israel’s unique needs.”   Street demonstrations and political drama over Israel’s judicial-reform debate have some people wondering whether the end of Israeli democracy is […]

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Thursday, March 30th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

Michael Starr Jerusalem Post, Feb. 3, 2023 “What we are seeing now is part of the backlash to that because a lot of the people now would say the inland Supreme Court became too active,” explained Gross. “And [they would say] ‘we want to kind of bring the power back to the people rather than […]

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Thursday, March 30th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

Dan McClaughlin National Review, Mar. 28, 2023 “The Biden administration, which never misses an opportunity to attack judicial review by independent courts in the United States or treat foreign policy as a proxy war against domestic enemies, has taken sides against the judicial overhaul.” Be thankful that America has a written Constitution. The Founding Fathers were […]

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Wednesday, March 29th 2023 / Wednesday, March 29th 2023

                 MEDIA-OCRITY  Netanyahu Cannot Be Trusted: Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times,  Mar.28, 2023 “Thank goodness that Israel’s civil society has forced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pause, for now, his attempt to impose his control over Israel’s independent judiciary and gain a free hand to rule as he wishes. […]

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Tuesday, March 28th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

WARNING BELLS SOUNDED 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, […]

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Tuesday, March 28th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

  Jonathan Tobin JNS, Mar. 27, 2023   “Will that happen every time the right wins an election from now on? Probably. That means not only will the juristocracy defend its power, but its supporters are permanently committed to thwarting the will of voters who may continue to outnumber them in the future.”   After […]

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Tuesday, March 28th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

Netael Bandel Israel Hayom, Mar. 27, 2023 “The Supreme Court ruled this week that the attorney general is not in a conflict of interest by being involved with the attorney general’s law in the reform because “the clashing interests inherently constitute the role of the attorney general, who is responsible for giving legal advice.” This is […]

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Tuesday, March 28th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023

Ruthie Blum JNS, Mar. 26, 2023 “He was simply too intimidated by the unprecedented situation to know how to handle it. Such gutlessness hardly inspires confidence about his ability to deal with Tehran and its tentacles in Lebanon, Syria, and the Palestinian Authority.”   To borrow the favorite epithet of the demonstrators in the streets of […]