Netanyahu’s government “has launched proposals to weaken the Supreme Court by giving parliament the power to overturn court decisions with a simple majority vote. It also wants to give parliament control over the appointment of judges and reduce the independence of legal advisers.”
Context: The new government has passed a reform, allowing a majority at the Knesset to Overcome any decision made by the supreme Court, which in turn allows those in power to pass any law they pleas, however discriminative it may be. This, along with the fact that this is the most right wing government to ever come into power in Israel, full of individuals convicted with bribery and corruption, and others covicted of supporting terrorist organisation, some of them actually served time, and a lot of people are very, very scared.
Edit: the motion hasn't passed yet, but is almost an inevitability at this point Edit 2: far right
Other things this government has done (or are in process) in only two months in power:
Made Itamar ben-gvir, an alt right politician previously convicted of supporting terrorist organisations, head of the border patrol. Effectively giving him his own army.
For the first time, using the ministry of diplomacy to advertise their own ideals for the Israeli public, basically creating a ministry of propaganda
Invested 2 billion NIS of the annual budget on "Strengthening Jewish values". Basically meaning desceularization of the state.
In process of making Arie Deri minister of treasury, a person who's previously been convicted of bribery and embezzlement while he was in this same office. TWICE.
Giving Avi Maoz great authority over the national education, a man who's openly against any secular values, proud in his homophobia, and has said on record that he is set on making israel a theocracy.
Overturning aevery decision the previous government has made, regardless of its nature. Only to spite the left
There's honestly A LOT more, this is just the tip of the iceberg, but it's enough to get an image of the shitshow that is coming, and why people are so afraid.
wjbc on January 21st, 2023 at 18:56 UTC »
Netanyahu’s government “has launched proposals to weaken the Supreme Court by giving parliament the power to overturn court decisions with a simple majority vote. It also wants to give parliament control over the appointment of judges and reduce the independence of legal advisers.”
https://www.npr.org/2023/01/15/1149320923/thousands-israelis-attend-protest-against-netanyahu-government-tel-aviv
avivkotlar on January 21st, 2023 at 19:02 UTC »
Context: The new government has passed a reform, allowing a majority at the Knesset to Overcome any decision made by the supreme Court, which in turn allows those in power to pass any law they pleas, however discriminative it may be. This, along with the fact that this is the most right wing government to ever come into power in Israel, full of individuals convicted with bribery and corruption, and others covicted of supporting terrorist organisation, some of them actually served time, and a lot of people are very, very scared.
Edit: the motion hasn't passed yet, but is almost an inevitability at this point Edit 2: far right
Other things this government has done (or are in process) in only two months in power:
Made Itamar ben-gvir, an alt right politician previously convicted of supporting terrorist organisations, head of the border patrol. Effectively giving him his own army.
For the first time, using the ministry of diplomacy to advertise their own ideals for the Israeli public, basically creating a ministry of propaganda
Invested 2 billion NIS of the annual budget on "Strengthening Jewish values". Basically meaning desceularization of the state.
In process of making Arie Deri minister of treasury, a person who's previously been convicted of bribery and embezzlement while he was in this same office. TWICE.
Giving Avi Maoz great authority over the national education, a man who's openly against any secular values, proud in his homophobia, and has said on record that he is set on making israel a theocracy.
Overturning aevery decision the previous government has made, regardless of its nature. Only to spite the left
There's honestly A LOT more, this is just the tip of the iceberg, but it's enough to get an image of the shitshow that is coming, and why people are so afraid.
mortonr2000 on January 21st, 2023 at 22:26 UTC »
I thought the Seperation of Powers was a cornerstone of democracy?