[yonibot]

The country is neither fascist nor a dictatorship.

However, the legal overhaul does curtail the court's ability to assert a more libertarian, liberal agenda. The government is pushing a religious agenda that will change the nature of the country, and that causes significant consternation to the largely secular population that makes up the hi-tech nation.

[orwin]

Its missing two salient points to be fascist: the myth of national rebirth and the accusations against 'internal enemies' (although it seems this point is missing a bit less).

Still, Israel is about as authoritarian as France/Hungary and a bit less than Turkiye. Hardly the worst but still.

[LeoNatan25]

If you listen to political rhetoric from the ruling party and the far right coalition parties, anyone who doesn't agree with them, their crazy ideology or sing high praises to the supreme leader, is a traitor. This has been the case for a decade now, getting worse and worse. How long before they pass "anti-traitor" laws, making political dissent illegal? With the supreme court unable to protect citizen rights, there is literally nothing to stop such laws.

But judging from some comments here, that's a "liberal agenda".

[orwin]

Yes, I sort of know (that what I heard from an Israeli traveller in Lisbon). That's why I said 'although it seems this point is missing a bit less', but it was poorly formulated (english is hard sometimes).

[saiya-jin]

No but its moving there, you don't need to be political expert to see it. Its also not a matter of past few months. Its a country in quite an unique situation which I don't fully comprehend so can't comment much, but West bank situation is beyond sad and I don't see any hope for improvement.

[h3rsko]

How is it moving there? By making supreme court justices be appointed by elected officials (like most other democracies) as apposed to being a self selecting group.