Israel’s first judicial reform isn’t the issue. Netanyahu’s weakness is

Published July 24, 2023 5:43pm ET



The Knesset parliament of Israel enacted a controversial judicial reform law with a 64-0 vote on Monday. The opposition left the chamber in protest, allowing members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition to provide unitary assent. The law means that Israel’s Supreme Court will no longer be able to rule against parliamentary or executive action on the basis of that action being “unreasonable.”

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