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Judy Cohen's avatar

While the election was democratic, Bibi Netanyahu deliberately selected coalition partners from the ideologically dangerous far-right segment of the political spectrum plus added, for good measure, the even more outrageous religious-theocratic-far-right who wasn’t even needed to have a majority because he knew they would be perfect MK ‘lawmakers’ to bring about the most oppressive policies and legislation, leading to autocratic governance in the long run, possibly for 4 years or more. Israel’s majority citizens, believing deeply in democracy – given our past tragic history - inflicted on us by the very same ideologies 75 years ago, are ought to demonstrate not to repeat a grave historical event ending up with a dictatorship.

The Kohelet’s esteemed Think-Tank experts have not looked at the lawmakers who will carry out those laws they are proposing thus would have been far more to the point by strongly advising for a brand new, broadly-agreed-upon constitution if they honestly advocating for a democratic future in the only Jewish state and not an illiberal, frighteningly, far-right one.

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Anne Herrera's avatar

Really grateful for a piece that actually explains the judicial / legislative tension and what the reforms would actually do. Most US media coverage conveys a lot of alarm but little substance when it comes to Israel's past three months. Thank you for publishing something informative! And happy to hear informative counter-opinions, as well. I hope Bibi carries on with the reforms eventually.

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