The government's plan has sparked nationwide protests in Israel and caused alarm among economists, former security officials and legal experts at home and abroad.
Former spokesman of the federal government Steffen Seibert speaks during handover ceremony in Berlin, Germany December 9, 2021. Steffi Loos/Pool via REUTERS Critics say it undermines the courts' independence while handing the government unbridled power, which in turn would endanger minority rights, encourage corruption, isolate Israel diplomatically and wreak havoc onNetanyahu, who is on trial for corruption charges that he denies, says the reforms will strengthen democracy and boost business. He has dismissed protesters as "anarchists" unwilling to accept the decisive right-wing victory in a Nov. 1 election.
Numerous opinion polls have shown a majority of Israelis against the government's planned judicial overhaul as it presently stands. Nationwide protests drew tens of thousands on Saturday. "We are demonstrating against the government because we are afraid for our future, for the future of our children," said Gabi Goldstein, who attended the largest protest on Saturday, in Tel Aviv.Our Standards:
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Right out of the Nazi playbook
Israel is gradually becoming a Netanyahu autocracy: Heil Bibi
With the current incumbent as IsraeliPM the chances of peace within Israel are long odds & peace in the MiddleEast even longer odds It's so sad to see a Jewish nation, given their history, discriminate against others on grounds of religion & nationality
Antisemitics ! The logical result of anyone that criticizes any policy, issue or behavior by the Israeli government or leadership. One can disagree with a government action, and simultaneously support Jewish people in Israel and throughout the world.
I'm so glad he's back in office
Jews lives Matter
Israeli citizens getting a taste of their security forces brutality which the Palestinians get every day. Welcome to the Party!
They should have shot dead one or two like they do to Palestinians.
It's a free country, or this would not happen. Yet, it's still misplaced energy. It now looks much like Gaza, Jenin, Schem, Paris...
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Good, protests need to be done in a mannered fashioned. Also they are protesting in favor of dictatorship, the new reform is meant to remove corruption from the court, currently in Israel judges (and only them) elect new judges and can cancel laws with no way of reinstating them.
The apartheid state going against their people, big surprise 👍
Wow I love Israel , they know how to treat those traitors . America must learn from them .
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Cowards
netanyahu omm è merd
400,000 people protesting to be exact, 7 weeks in a row. we will not let Israel become a dictatorship.
perhaps they did so for very good reason. because they were breaking the law, u anti semitic filth reuters foyc...