Media really needs to stop characterizing what’s happening in Israel as just a “judicial overhaul.” They want to end any sort of Supreme Court review of an authoritarian and extremist far-right government.
Media really needs to stop characterizing what’s happening in Israel as just a “judicial overhaul.” They want to end any sort of Supreme Court review of an authoritarian and extremist far-right government.https://t.co/LaxRXpCTcd
JERUSALEM, July 24 (Reuters) – Israel’s parliament on Monday ratified the first bill of a judicial overhaul sought by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after last-gasp compromise efforts collapsed and failed to ease a constitutional crisis convulsing the country for months.
The amendment limiting the Supreme Court’s powers to void some government decisions if it deemed them “unreasonable” passed by 64-to-0 vote after opposition lawmakers abandoned the session in protest, some of them shouting: “For shame!”
Demonstrations against the amendment began early in the day with police dragging away protesters who had chained themselves to posts and blocked the road outside parliament. By evening, protesters had taken to the streets of cities across the country. The amendment is part of broader judicial changes the government announced in January, soon after it was sworn in, setting off months of unprecedented nationwide protests and stirring concern among allies abroad for Israel’s democratic health.
Israel is rapidly moving toward full-on dictatorial authoritarianism. This is what the citizens of Israel elected. They voted for a party and a man who will destroy their democracy. This is how fascism rises. Learn a lesson, America.
Israel is rapidly moving toward full-on dictatorial authoritarianism. This is what the citizens of Israel elected. They voted for a party and a man who will destroy their democracy. This is how fascism rises.
This is what is coming from a Trump re-election. He’ll limit the power of Congressional oversight and overrun the federal judiciary. We are in a Israeli political moment with Netanyahu being Trump. Indicted, facing charges, and changing the democracy to save himself & keep power.
This is what is coming from a Trump re-election. He’ll limit the power of Congressional oversight and overrun the federal judiciary. We are in a Israeli political moment with Netanyahu being Trump. Indicted, facing charges, and changing the democracy to save himself & keep power. https://t.co/Zmo29lX4sV
— Dossier-Truther (The Original) (@meberight) July 24, 2023
“In parts of the West Bank, what you’re seeing is a slow-motion ethnic cleansing,”
"In parts of the West Bank, what you're seeing is a slow-motion ethnic cleansing," @PeterBeinart discusses protests and what he saw on the ground in Israel ahead of a Netanyahu-backed judicial overhaul. pic.twitter.com/lUw43PRXi1
— The Mehdi Hasan Show (@MehdiHasanShow) July 24, 2023
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Meanwhile in Israel – hundred of thousands protest against the Netanyahu regime. pic.twitter.com/lxNmv0Cu9c
Wow! Netanyahu pulled it off in Israel! Despite being indicted, his FAR RIGHT WING legislature can now OVERTURN ANY Supreme Court decisions with a simple majority! This is exactly what Trump and DeSantis want to do too in the us.
Wow! Netanyahu pulled it off in Israel! Despite being indicted, his FAR RIGHT WING legislature can now OVERTURN ANY Supreme Court decisions with a simple majority! This is exactly what Trump and DeSantis want to do too in the us. https://t.co/1ukuOiLuW3
You are kidding yourself if you don’t think another Trump presidency will result in the same here: Defanging all checks and balances.
You are kidding yourself if you don’t think another Trump presidency will result in the same here: Defanging all checks and balances. https://t.co/mQX1hRcNCg
— Andrew Weissmann (weissmann11 on Threads)🌻 (@AWeissmann_) July 24, 2023
