Judicial Reform
Activists interviewed on “60 Minutes” gave fuel to efforts to delegitimize the IDF and the state, the Diaspora affairs minister said.
“Protesters undermine Israel’s legitimacy and give ammunition to its enemies when they air their dirty laundry abroad.”
“Some people might lose their lives along the way,” the former premier said.
“Somebody needs to get the message out that we American Jews support Israel and its democratically elected government.”
The Israeli prime minister asked the billionaire to find a way to curb Jew-hatred online “within the confines of the First Amendment.”
Ambassador Steffen Seibert said in a Hebrew-language video that “friends of Israel are looking with a lot of interest toward the Supreme Court.”
“The current situation in Israel is that the judicial system is completely controlled by ... an elite group,” Israeli Justice Minister Yariv Levin told the CBS News show.
Minister Yair Levin said the court has no authority to demand he convene the panel.
Amir Ohana said the new court would strip the Supreme Court of its role as the High Court of Justice.
My aim is to convince the judges that the Knesset should make the laws, MK Simcha Rothman said.
Israel’s justice minister slammed the court for taking up the case, arguing that it has no legal grounds on which to do so.
“Until now, the court never said, ‘We have the power to reverse Basic Laws,’ and that is what we may see here.”
