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MK Simcha Rothman during the hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on the "reasonableness law," Sept. 12, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Rothman: High Court ‘does not respect the judgment of the public’

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"This is in effect an event where we take 15 judges, and lawyers, and conduct a debate on whether the State of Israel should be a democratic country," member of Knesset Simcha Rothman told...
David Ben-Gurion reads the Declaration of Independence at the Tel Aviv Museum, today known as Independence Hall, May 14, 1948. Photo by Zoltan Kluger/GPO.

Distorting the Declaration

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“As embodied in the Declaration of Independence, the essence of the State of Israel is to be a Jewish and democratic state.” — Col. (res.) Adv. Pnina Sharvit Baruch of the Institute for National Security...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, July 2, 2023. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.

Netanyahu to Fox News: ‘Everyone has an opinion on Israel’

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took a shot at foreign interventions into Israeli democracy during an interview with Fox News that aired on Sunday. “I’ve been elected six times democratically for a total of 16 years, and...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu again called for broad agreements on his government's plans, July 24, 2023. Credit: GPO.

Netanyahu: ‘All agree that Israel must remain a strong democracy’

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu again called for broad agreement on his government’s plans in an address to the nation following the unilateral passing of key judicial reform legislation. On Monday afternoon, all 64 members of Netanyahu’s...
Central Election Committee workers count ballots at the Knesset in Jerusalem, two days after the general election, Nov. 3, 2022. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Most Israelis unhappy with the state of democracy

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More than half of Israelis are dissatisfied with how democracy works in their country. The results from the Central Bureau of Statistics' 2022 Social Survey on the Perception of Democracy and Civic Engagement were published...
President Isaac Herzog speaks at the Herzliya Conference, May 22, 2023. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.

Israel’s president optimistic on reform compromise

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President Isaac Herzog on Monday expressed confidence that a meeting of the minds on Israeli judicial reform can be reached in the coming months. “This process takes time, no one drags their feet and no one wastes...
Flag of Israel. Credit: Ri Ya/Pixabay.

Which Israel are you celebrating on its 75th birthday?

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When planning for Israel’s 75th anniversary began last year, the assumption on the part of those preparing for events was that it would be just like every other Yom Ha’atzmaut or Independence Day if...
Prof. Alan Dershowitz speaks at a conference in Tel Aviv, Dec. 11, 2016. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Dershowitz: ‘Judicial reform will not undercut democracy’

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U.S. attorney Alan Dershowitz said the Netanyahu government’s judicial reform program does not endanger Israel’s democracy and might even enhance it, speaking on Wednesday during an online debate with Professor Eugene Kontorovich. The rare respectful...
Israelis protest in Tel Aviv against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government, Feb. 4, 2023. Photo by Gili Yaari/Flash90.

The urgent need for Israeli electoral reform

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Democracy is currently being undermined in many parts of the free world. In Israel, the threat is deeper and wider than either side will admit, given the near-civil war that has erupted over the government’s...
Israeli President Isaac Herzog attends the funeral of former Knesset speaker Shevah Weiss at Mount Herzl Cemetery in Jerusalem, Feb. 5, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Herzog in the crosshairs

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In an op-ed on Friday in The Jerusalem Post, attorney Russell Avraham Shalev of the Kohelet Policy Forum explains what’s missing from Israeli President Isaac “Bougie” Herzog’s proposed judicial-reform compromise, despite its “many positive elements.” “While Herzog sounded many...