Or, perhaps, the "backsliding of democracy" is just something that progressives complain about whenever they lose power.
If Israeli Supreme Court justices were appointed by its government -- which is not actually the law being proposed, but nevermind -- that would make it like the USA. If its ability to override legislation were curtaile…
Or, perhaps, the "backsliding of democracy" is just something that progressives complain about whenever they lose power.
If Israeli Supreme Court justices were appointed by its government -- which is not actually the law being proposed, but nevermind -- that would make it like the USA. If its ability to override legislation were curtailed -- by, say, rules of standing -- that would make it like the USA. On the matter of overriding the court with a simple majority, I'd agree that's a bad thing, but my understanding is that it's applicability is heavily circumscribed (I'm still against it, but I have a sense of proportion).
Changes to state-owned media and such are equally reasonable, given the progressive hegemony there. There's no whisper, as far as I know, of affecting private media (something that was not the case under left-wing governments).
The lawlessness of the Bedouins, the ultra-Orthodox and the Settlers are wildly disparate phenomena and largely overstated in this essay. There are, for example, effective "no-go zones" among the Bedouins, but not among the other two groups.
Note, by-the-way, that none of this improved under the previous left-of-center government.
As for the terrible problem of the Israeli left having lost clout among the electorate, it's not because the populace has become jingoistic. It's because the left failed spectacularly with Oslo and then Gaza, and has since been unable to admit to its failures or correct its course in any way.
President Herzog has called on the sides to meet and discuss compromise -- and has been vilified for it by the left -- not because of any plans announced by the new government but because of the catastrophizing response of the left to the new government's plans to, you know, govern.
If by "current development" you mean the proposed limitations on the power of the judiciary, I support it because I grew up in the US and think its system is a good one. Israel's used to be very similar, in practice, but has become warped since Aharon Barak's "Judicial Revolution". I'd like to see it move back towards the American system.
The USA system has many flaws but what you are supporting in practice is reducing the rule of law in favour of arbitrary and unconstitutional behaviours.
Or, perhaps, the "backsliding of democracy" is just something that progressives complain about whenever they lose power.
If Israeli Supreme Court justices were appointed by its government -- which is not actually the law being proposed, but nevermind -- that would make it like the USA. If its ability to override legislation were curtailed -- by, say, rules of standing -- that would make it like the USA. On the matter of overriding the court with a simple majority, I'd agree that's a bad thing, but my understanding is that it's applicability is heavily circumscribed (I'm still against it, but I have a sense of proportion).
Changes to state-owned media and such are equally reasonable, given the progressive hegemony there. There's no whisper, as far as I know, of affecting private media (something that was not the case under left-wing governments).
The lawlessness of the Bedouins, the ultra-Orthodox and the Settlers are wildly disparate phenomena and largely overstated in this essay. There are, for example, effective "no-go zones" among the Bedouins, but not among the other two groups.
Note, by-the-way, that none of this improved under the previous left-of-center government.
As for the terrible problem of the Israeli left having lost clout among the electorate, it's not because the populace has become jingoistic. It's because the left failed spectacularly with Oslo and then Gaza, and has since been unable to admit to its failures or correct its course in any way.
President Herzog has called on the sides to meet and discuss compromise -- and has been vilified for it by the left -- not because of any plans announced by the new government but because of the catastrophizing response of the left to the new government's plans to, you know, govern.
To make a long story short, you support the current development in Israel only because you are anti-left or?
If by "current development" you mean the proposed limitations on the power of the judiciary, I support it because I grew up in the US and think its system is a good one. Israel's used to be very similar, in practice, but has become warped since Aharon Barak's "Judicial Revolution". I'd like to see it move back towards the American system.
The USA system has many flaws but what you are supporting in practice is reducing the rule of law in favour of arbitrary and unconstitutional behaviours.
And if you could detail how, I could respond. For that matter I'd be interested in hearing the "many flaws" of the US system.
Well, I guess that you have read the articles here on Persuasion or?