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Many countries have similar veto powers for their courts. The exact reasoning of course is different.

But no one elected official working for the court in israel. There is an important difference between a court able to block something and being able to do own legislation (as it does often in the US). The Israeli court was never able to do legislation, only to block the government from going too far in any new direction.

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Does it not amount to the same thing? Striking down laws (blocking) and finding interpretations that become precedent (making) seem like two sides of the same coin.