The Tangible and Imminent Threat to Israel’s Judicial Independence
<p>A fierce debate is raging these days about the democratic implications of the Israeli 2022 elections to the twenty-fifth Knesset (legislature). Yet, those who read the platform of the Religious Zionist Party—as expressed in the program „Law and Justice-Reform of the Judicial Syste...
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Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbH
2022-11-01
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| Online Access: | https://verfassungsblog.de/the-tangible-and-imminent-threat-to-israels-judicial-independence/ |
| Summary: | <p>A fierce debate is raging these days about the democratic implications of the Israeli 2022 elections to the twenty-fifth Knesset (legislature). Yet, those who read the platform of the Religious Zionist Party—as expressed in the program „Law and Justice-Reform of the Judicial System,“ signed by the members of the Knesset, Bezalel Smotrich and Simcha Rothman—cannot ignore the real and imminent danger to Israel’s judicial independence. The top item on their agenda, published during their election campaign, is changing the judicial appointment process.</p>
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| ISSN: | 2366-7044 |