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Israel’s New Hardline Government
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[link=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/18/israels-netanyahu-says-he-will-move-ahead-on-contentious-judicial-overhaul-plan-after-talks-crumble-00102532]Israel’s Netanyahu says he will move ahead on contentious judicial overhaul plan after talks crumble
[/link]Opposition leader Yair Lapid said moving ahead unilaterally will critically harm the economy, endanger security and rip the Israeli people to shreds.
At a meeting of his Cabinet on Sunday, Netanyahu said the opposition wasnt negotiating seriously and that his government would move ahead cautiously on the overhaul.
We will begin, this week, practical steps. We will do them in a measured way, responsibly, but in accordance with the mandate we received to make corrections to the justice system, he said.
Netanyahu put the overhaul on hold in March after mass protests erupted in opposition to it. The decision to move ahead is likely to flare tensions and fuel the protest movement that has continued to demonstrate each Saturday, despite the plan being paused.[/QUOTE]
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[h1][b]Netanyahu Coalition Passes Key Judicial Law[/b][/h1]
Israeli lawmakers pass the reasonableness bill a pivotal part of the Netanyahu governments efforts to dramatically weaken the judiciary, after architects of the judicial coup threatened to topple the coalition if the bill is amended at the very last minute, [link=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-07-24/ty-article-live/israel-on-strike-in-lead-up-to-crucial-knesset-vote-protesters-converge-on-jerusalem/00000189-861e-d5eb-abcb-ffdeeb1a0000]Haaretz[/link] reports.
[link=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/07/24/world/israel-protests-vote/israel-law-supreme-court?smid=url-share]New York Times[/link]: The court is now barred from overruling the national government using the legal standard of reasonableness, a concept that judges previously used to block ministerial appointments and contest planning decisions, among other government measures.
The enactment of the law is the governments first victory in a seven-month effort to reduce the courts power.
