Analysis
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 […]
Tagged
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 […]
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 […]
Isranet Daily Briefing
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. […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Haviv Rettig Gur Times of Israel, Mar. 27, 2023 “To the half of the country that hadn’t voted for the coalition, the extreme version was the goal, not a tactic on the way to a more moderate version. One doesn’t negotiate the dismantling of democracy on the breakneck schedule of the dismantlers.” The Israeli […]
Melanie Phillips The JC, Mar. 23, 2023 “This mindset now unites most of the progressive classes in Israel, Britain and America. For them, ordinary people who don’t share their views are the “deplorables”. By contrast the judges — educated, liberal, cosmopolitan — are people like themselves.” Many appear to believe that the Israelis demonstrating […]
Monday, March 27th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023
IN THE BEGINNING … The Long March Back: Nate Hochman, National Review, Feb. 16, 2023 — To understand today’s culture wars, we have to go back to the beginning: a jail cell in Fascist Italy. For the last decade of his life, Antonio Gramsci was imprisoned by Benito Mussolini’s regime for his role in founding the Italian Communist […]
Tal Fortgang National Review, Mar. 22, 2023 “When did the Jewish tradition begin to embrace today’s notion of the “nonbinary,” and why is it news to the most devout Jews?” Not content to enlist their twisted understandings of to fight state laws protecting unborn children, progressive activists now have taken to claiming that Judaism’s “most sacred […]
Please select all the ways you would like to hear from the Canadian Institute for Jewish Research:
We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. By clicking below to subscribe, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing. Learn more about Mailchimp's privacy practices.