Israel’s Supreme Court hears a challenge to a new law curbing its own powers, part of a controversial judicial overhaul by the right-wing government.
The right wing’s effort to consolidate power has united opposition among hundreds of thousands of Israelis. The occasion is unfortunate, but the potential is great.Netanyahu and his coalition say that, as elected representatives, they have a democratic mandate to govern without being hobbled by the court, which they portray as a bastion of the left-leaning elite.
— just one house of parliament, a figurehead president and no firm, written constitution. They say that without the power to review and overturn some government decisions, Netanyahu’s government could appoint convicted cronies to Cabinet posts, roll back rights for women and minorities, and annex the occupied West Bank.
, depends on his hard-line, religiously conservative coalition partners who have threatened to rebel if he scraps the legislation.
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