
Israel chaos: has Benjamin Netanyahu lost control?
World Review from the New Statesman
The Protests in Israel
Israel's government led by Benjamin Netanyahu was won in December Last year after a period of great political instability, so five elections in nearly four years. Justice Minister Lavina announced reforms that would limit the power of the judiciary Ostensibly in the service of democracy and to curb quote-unquote judicial activism There are lots of opponents to this including lawyers, judges, army reservists, people in the general population Who argue that actually it will make Israel less democratic And move down a path towards autocracy because there'll be very little check on the power of executive or legislature.
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