Elites in Israel rely on the high court to impose their vision on the rest of the country. Elites in the US rely on elites in Israel to get Israel to fall in line with their foreign policy designs. A challenge to the power of Israel's high court, then, is a challenge to the authority of the transnational partnership of elites, in which I…
Elites in Israel rely on the high court to impose their vision on the rest of the country.
Elites in the US rely on elites in Israel to get Israel to fall in line with their foreign policy designs.
A challenge to the power of Israel's high court, then, is a challenge to the authority of the transnational partnership of elites, in which Israeli elites are the junior partner.
The thing is, the elites really do see that authority as rightfully theirs. That's why we've seen the apoplexy from such august institutions as The New York Times. For example, Thomas Friedman recently likened Netanyahu's judicial reforms to Putin's invasion of Ukraine!
I think Friedman had things backwards when he ominously warned that Israel might not survive such a mistake. Just look at how dangerously out of touch the ruling elites in the US have drifted, from urban crime to the Iran deal to the DEI industry and the war on merit.
Being under their thumb is terrible for America. For Israel, it could be fatal.
Elites in Israel rely on the high court to impose their vision on the rest of the country.
Elites in the US rely on elites in Israel to get Israel to fall in line with their foreign policy designs.
A challenge to the power of Israel's high court, then, is a challenge to the authority of the transnational partnership of elites, in which Israeli elites are the junior partner.
The thing is, the elites really do see that authority as rightfully theirs. That's why we've seen the apoplexy from such august institutions as The New York Times. For example, Thomas Friedman recently likened Netanyahu's judicial reforms to Putin's invasion of Ukraine!
I think Friedman had things backwards when he ominously warned that Israel might not survive such a mistake. Just look at how dangerously out of touch the ruling elites in the US have drifted, from urban crime to the Iran deal to the DEI industry and the war on merit.
Being under their thumb is terrible for America. For Israel, it could be fatal.