Tens of thousands of Israelis protest against Israel's far-right government's plan to weaken the judiciary, drawing comparisons to the diminished democracies of Hungary & Poland.
Netanyahu to end his involvement in the judicial overhaul efforts because he risked a conflict of interest. Baharav-Miara criticized the proposed legislation in a written opinion to Netanyahu's justice minister.of the Israel Democracy Institute,"The reform may move forward even if the attorney general will not defend the legislation."
Netanyahu has repeatedly gone on the defensive about his government's proposed judicial remake, pointing to athat argues the Supreme Court is too powerful. He says a true democracy protects the majority from the will of the minority. If the government gains the power to override the Supreme Court,"This may be the end of a full democracy,"Some argue that Israel's democracy did not qualify as full even before these proposed changes, since Israel does not extend equal rights to the millions of Palestinians in Israeli-occupied territory. But the proposed overhaul would limit the court's ability to continue to extend protections to Palestinians and Israelis alike, opponents say.
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