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It's a very critical day because the government passed down a law today that is a cornerstone of democracy, and they have turned it around to become a political issue,
said Roni Mamluk, attending a protest in Tel Aviv Perhaps you could stop putting spanners in the works of the government in the middle of a war. Perhaps you could stop fueling the sedition, hatred and anarchy [on] the streets,
The amendment passed by the Knesset is another nail in the coffin of Israeli democracy,
said Eliad Shraga, head of NGO the Movement for Quality Government in Israel and one of the petitioners against the law Our Supreme Court didn’t stop at trampling the Knesset; it placed itself above the government,
Instead of focusing all efforts on their [Israeli captives’] return and healing the divisions within the people, this government is returning to the exact legislation that divided the public before October 7,
It has taken for itself the authority to cancel laws and even basic laws. This is something unheard of in any democracy in the world,
This government is undermining the foundations of democracy, and the entire opposition will stand as a strong barrier against it until every attempt to turn Israel into a dictatorship is stopped.”
Opposition parties, which have filed a petition with the supreme court challenging the vote, said in a joint statement It is hypocrisy and one-sided to say that the Knesset is forbidden to act while the court is allowed to act in the middle of a war,
You recycle the same worn-out and ridiculous slogans about 'the end of democracy'. Well, once and for all: Democracy is not in danger, it is the power of the bureaucrats that is in danger,
This is a calculated attempt to take control of the judicial system and turn it into a tool in the hands of politicians,
There is going to be less natural opposition to a reform that makes appointing judges subject to political horse trading between the government and the opposition than there was to a reform that would have put it all under the government's control,
On October 7, I, like hundreds of thousands, drove very fast to the combat reserves and we fought together, people that are for and against the government, but our prime minister and our government said that now it's time to unite and to fight together against our enemy. They were right,
Today, under a very extreme government, democracy is not guaranteed here in Israel,
The protests are a challenge to the government, but not as serious a challenge as the protests against the judicial overhaul in the spring of 2023. Then, Netanyahu was attempting something revolutionary and unpopular and also had to worry about public pressure fracturing his coalition at the outset of his term."
Koplow also told Newsweek I think that it's really important to fight against our enemy, and specifically against Hamas and Hezbollah, but I also think that after we fight against our enemy, we need to guarantee Israel's future as a democracy,
Yair Fink, a former Labor Party candidate who recently served in the Israel Defense Force's (IDF) reserves and is now participating in the protests against the judiciary reforms, told Newsweek Netanyahu is going about judicial reform this time in a smarter way,
Michael Koplow, chief policy officer at the Israel Policy Forum, told Newsweek We call on all opposition factions: Get up and leave - leave the plenary. Leave the coalition to stand alone in front of an empty plenary that will reveal the truth: forceful legislation by a government that has declared war on democracy."
The Democrats, an Israeli party led by former Prime Minister Yair Lapid, in a statement Wednesday This has the potential to completely undermine the independence, the impartiality, the professionalism of the system,
A government that doesn’t obey the court is a criminal government that should not be obeyed,
Lapid told local radio 103FM
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