POLITICO Magazine asked for reflections on parallels between Trump and Netanyahu, and what Americans might learn from Israel's crisis. Read Prof. Avishai's input on the situation HERE!
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On Sunday night, the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, fired his defense minister, Yoav Gallant, a reserve major general whose mother had been a Polish refugee on the S.S. Exodus. His offense was patriotism.The night before, Gallant had appeared on prime-time national television, calling for a "dialogue" on the fate of the Israeli judiciary and a temporary "halt to the legislative process"that is, in effect, assaulting it."The growing rift in our society is penetrating the I.D.F.
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Mass demonstrations have swept through Israel since January 4, when Yariv Lenin, Israel's justice minister, announced proposed changes to the country's judiciary. If enacted, this so-called "Supreme Court override" bill would limit the Court's power, as well as the power of government legal counselors; in their place, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's governing coalition would be granted a majority on the committee that appoints judges, thereby limiting the Supreme Court's ability to rule against the executive and strike down legislation.
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"This is a very, very dangerous situation," the visiting professor of government tells Yahoo! News about escalating tensions between Israel and Iran. Read the full story here!
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"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new coalition government, which was sworn in last week, is routinely referred to as "extreme right," but this tortures the meaning of conservatism in a democracy.Thirty-two of the coalition's members in the Knesset (out of a hundred and twenty parliamentary seats) are disciples of so-called religious parties, the political arms of theocratic communities.These parties, and factions of parties, can be divided into three groups: The largest alliance, with fourteen seats, is religious Zionism, whose forebears were preoccupied with preserving the rabbinic pri
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