Law and order in Israel: Bibi Netanyahu’s judicial bill weakens more than the courts

When Israel was born as a modern Jewish state 75 years ago, its declaration of independence said that “it will be based on freedom, justice and peace as envisaged by the prophets of Israel; it will ensure complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race or sex; it will guarantee freedom of religion, conscience, language, education and culture.” For 75 years those rights and protections under law have been safeguarded by an independent judiciary, a judiciary established by the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, for as like in Britain, home of ...