Ex-A-G Mandelblit: Israel in regime revolution, not judicial reform
Israeli system was built with two institutions to protect its liberal democratic nature, the legal advisers and the judicial system, both under threat by the reform.
By MICHAEL STARR
The government’s proposed judicial overhaul is a revolution, former attorney-general Avichai Mandelblit said Tuesday at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) annual conference. He called on the High Court of Justice to strike down legislation that threatened Israel’s liberal democratic system.
“We are experiencing a regime revolution, not really a judicial reform,” Mandelblit said, adding that discourse should not continue until the legislative process is halted. “It is the court’s duty to cancel all acts of legislation that come to cancel the liberal democratic system of government in Israel.”
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Israeli system was built with two institutions to protect its liberal democratic nature, the legal advisers and the judicial system, both under threat by the reform.
By MICHAEL STARR
The government’s proposed judicial overhaul is a revolution, former attorney-general Avichai Mandelblit said Tuesday at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) annual conference. He called on the High Court of Justice to strike down legislation that threatened Israel’s liberal democratic system.
“We are experiencing a regime revolution, not really a judicial reform,” Mandelblit said, adding that discourse should not continue until the legislative process is halted. “It is the court’s duty to cancel all acts of legislation that come to cancel the liberal democratic system of government in Israel.”
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