Israel’s Leader Wants To Weaken The Courts. People Are Furious
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What Are the 13 Basic Laws?
There are 13 basic laws in Israel that relate to equality, equal treatment and human dignity. The Supreme Court has overturned some of the government's policies on issues such as refugee camps for African refugees. There have been a lot of times like that where the agenda of the right is to be tough on about the border or spread settlements. So there's a whole bunch of things in which it is felt by the right but the legal establishment has kind of taken over a lot of politically sensitive issues through the law because they can't win at the ballot box.
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