Netanyahu's victory Monday on judicial reform shows he and Trump still have much in common -- and can help each other.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump have not spoken in years, but Netanyahu’s victory Monday on judicial reform shows the two still have much in common — and can help each other.
The reform itself is rather modest — almost laughably so. It prevents Israel’s all- powerful judiciary from blocking government policies on the basis of what judges themselves decide is “reasonable.” Netanyahu followed Trump’s practice of asking for more than he thought he could get. Of the judicial reforms, most of whichexisting U.S. practice, one goes too far — as even some Israeli conservatives admit. It would allow the Knesset to overrule the Supreme Court by a simple majority vote.
Israel’s opposition leaders tried to argue that they were defending “democracy” — even though Netanyahu’s reforms would make the system more democratic. In the last days, some on the left dropped the pretense andfor a military coup — which they admitted was already under way, as leftists encouraged reservists in Israel’s citizen army not to show up for duty.
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