Judicial Reform
The U.S. president expressed support for the left-wing demonstrations in Israel.
The prime minister may allow the courts to use the reasonableness standard when judging individual ministerial decisions.
Should we mark our calendars, or was this merely the vaguest possible way the White House could have talked about a meeting, without actually committing to one?
Some three dozen demonstrators have been arrested, one was accidently hit by a car.
During the conversation, “President Biden invited Prime Minister Netanyahu to an upcoming meeting in the U.S.,” said Netanyahu.
The incident took place ahead of the planned “Day of Disruption.”
Soldiers who refuse to serve endanger Israel’s citizens and erode it, declared the prime minister.
“I call on the United States to make a new assessment of relations with Israel for all that this implies,” added the former premier.
When the Israeli president meets his counterpart this week, he should make it clear that the White House’s boycott of Netanyahu runs against the very core of Biden’s statement that he is a Zionist.
While its supporters believe a bill to eliminate the Supreme Court’s “reasonability” criteria will restore Israeli democracy, opponents say it will weaken Israel’s democratic nature, the court and ultimately, the state.
The petitioner’s claims are “not well-founded,” Gali Baharav-Miara writes.
Israeli hospitals and clinics would operate on a weekend schedule, only providing urgent care.
