People got upset at this saying he is comparing the Supreme Court to Hamas and Hezbollah. Others, like Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, came to his defense saying that isnt what he meant, blah blah blah.
That part of it, whether he compared the Supreme Court to Hamas or not, does not even interest me.
What I find interesting is that he thinks that after we defeat Hamas and Hezbollah he will then move on to deal with the Supreme Court. After the war with Hamas and Hezbollah will be finished, however that will be determined and defined, I expect there will be (in whatever order) massive protests, new elections, resignations, investigations, a lot of fighting over responsibility and what that means. Nobody is going back to judicial reform so quickly. Maybe eventually, maybe some other meal in the future, but it won't be the dessert served after the war.
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It was a very clever move by the Supreme Court - do something that threatens to reopen the fissures in Israeli society and then stand back and wait to blame the other side for doing exactly that.
ReplyDeleteWhen the war is over, they should consider how to trim the Supreme Court's sails. One option is to adopt a Constitutional court, which has sole authority to strike down laws passed by the Knesset.
ReplyDeleteIsrael already has that, as a number of countries do. It's called Bagatz. It's just that in Israel, the Supreme Court and Bagatz have the same membership.
DeleteWhat a pity that Esther Hayut couldn't bring herself to follow that fine advice.
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