| "Haaretz" is the radical leftist newspaper, and recently they fired a pro-reform writer/journalist. The protests have nothing to do with judicial reform, but with the fact that the side that lost the elections refuses to admit its defeat. They are using this reform as a pretext for continuing the riots against Netanyahu, as their previous slogan "Just not Bibi" has lost steam, and didn't helped them to win the elections. The protesters insist that the Knesset (the Israeli parliament) stop the legislation, and transfer reform to the backroom deals brokered by the President (a symbolic role) and the opposition. But the right never had that privilege. Moreover, a large part of the opposition in the past supported even stronger judicial reforms, but now they are taking advantage of this situation to score political points. The self-appointed judges all came from the same background, and do not represent or even care about average Israelis. The Supreme Court of the United States has judges with diverse backgrounds, compared to that Israeli Supreme Court as diverse as the Ku Klux Klan. You are right that the so-called "Supreme Court of Justice" (High Court) is "backdoor socialism". From 1995, Israel officially became "judocracy" - a regime where only judges rule. The judicial authority holds all the power and makes all the decisions, and not an executive or legislative authority. Additionally these judges disregard the Knesset's laws, and basically making their own laws. The High Court is the way for the Israeli left to continue to rule, even when they can no longer win elections due to the long-term cultural and demographic trends in Israeli society. Netanyahu brought Israel from socialism to capitalism in the early 2000s, and now he will convert Israel from a Judocracy to a true democracy. I don't like him, didn't voted for him, but he is the lesser evil, and the evil we already know. |
Sorry you don't like the idea of a constitutional check on power and only see left vs. right. Most Israelis however like living under a constitution. How, without independent courts, would you expect to jail a corrupt president? Or confirm fair elections?
Do you think the protesters might not have a problem with a PM in the middle of a criminal trial is tampering with the justice system? And be clear, he IS behind this. They're protesting for democracy too.