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Shulamit S. Magnus

Sep 5, 2023, 3:42 PM

Compromise? We Are Not Netanyahu’s Travel Agent

So, MK Tzachi Hanegbi, veteran Likudnik, says, straight up, that the mass demonstrations stopped the coalition's legislative coup from being implemented as planned. That has long been plain knowledge but here it is, from him. This admission, however striking, does not...

Aug 14, 2023, 12:35 PM

When Jim Crow takes over Israel

Imagine a Macbeth-type pre-elections witch session where Messrs. Smotritch, Levin, and Ben-Gvir bend maliciously over a steaming cauldron even before the hurly-burly is done. They confer on going to the ballots without alerting the Israeli public to their true...

Efraim Podoksik

Jul 24, 2023, 2:44 PM

They’ve forgotten why they want judicial reform

A vote on the reasonableness bill at the Knesset. Jerusalem. July 24, 2023.(Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

The government is using the right’s valid criticisms of the Court as a smokescreen for reforms that hurt their own voters

Jul 19, 2023, 12:42 PM

Under Levin, justice is delayed, and delayed, and delayed

Justice Minister Yariv Levin speaks during a constitution committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, on January 11, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

The public is being held hostage by a minister who is shirking his legal duty to convene the Judicial Selection Committee

David Stromberg

Jul 16, 2023, 9:52 PM

Our misconceptions about modern democracy

"The Death of Democracy." Old White Truck, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

For nearly five years, I taught English language and American culture in Jerusalem. One work I featured regularly was an illustrated essay by Maira Kalman, "E Pluribus Unum," which means "Out of Many, One"—and which happens to be the...

Jun 13, 2023, 7:29 PM

What is going on in Israel?

Last weekend we marked week 23 of our massive public outcries. About a quarter of a million Israelis have once again taken to the streets, the city squares, and major intersections to demonstrate against the regime coup, and so...

May 29, 2023, 2:06 PM

Injustice Minister Yariv Levin

Justice Minister Yariv Levin holds a press conference at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 4, 2023. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** כנסת
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What kind of justices does Levin purportedly believe the High Court needs? The kind that do not protect minority rights

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