Benjamin Netanyahu's government is set on curtailing the powers of the judiciary. But the judges will not give up without a fight. What happens next will determine just how endangered Israel's democratic system really is. By Joseph Croitoru
Benjamin Netanyahu's government is set on curtailing the powers of the judiciary. But the judges will not give up without a fight. What happens next will determine just how endangered Israel's democratic system really is. By Joseph Croitoru
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The tensions between the executive and the judiciary have been highlighted in the UK and US in recent years, with concerns that both Boris Johnson and Donald Trump have been guilty of overreaching their powers.
Much has happened since Lady Hale (pictured) delivered the Supreme Court’s judgment that the prime minister’s decision to suspend parliament was unlawful. But at the time it triggered a backlash from some quarters to the effect that the judiciary were an unelected elite interfering in politics. Meanwhile, Trump’s administration was frequently being blocked by judges, much to the president’s chagrin. Trump skewed the US Supreme Court in the Republicans’ favour by appointing conservative-minded justices.