Netanyahu's efforts to revise the judicial system: The Zionist regime is one step closer to collapse

Feb 23, 2023 - 09:06
Netanyahu's efforts to revise the judicial system: The Zionist regime is one step closer to collapse

 

Today, Israel is teetering on the verge of civil war as political squabbling has plunged the country into socioeconomic turmoil. During a rare television appearance, the Israeli president Isaac Herzog warned that "I feel that a confrontation, possibly a disastrous one, is approaching." "I am asking each and every one of you, my Israeli brothers and sisters, to stop violence; the external threats are big enough."

The Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeks to curtail the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the Zionist government to eliminate embezzlement cases levelled against him and future troubles. Netanyahu wants to give his Minister of Justice jurisdiction over the Supreme Court so that the government may address some of the problems that have plagued it in previous years.

To condemn what they call Netanyahu and his clique's "legal coup," more than 100,000 people have marched in a series of Saturday protests across the occupied territories. Also, 185 Israeli attorneys have signed a petition outlining the reasons they are opposing the right-wing Israeli government and Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial reforms, which they have labelled a "coup" against the authority of the Israeli judiciary. These attorneys warned against Netanyahu's Justice Minister Yair Levin's proposed policies. They also blamed Netanyahu's authoritarian tactics for the downfall of Israeli democracy.

Their statement makes it clear that the Zionist regime doesn't have an independent judicial system and doesn't follow the principle of separation of powers. This is because the ruling coalition would be the only one to appoint judges, there would be no judicial supervision, the legal advisors institute would be shut down, and media freedom would be severely limited. After weeks of widespread demonstrations in occupied Palestine, the Knesset unanimously approved this resolution on the first reading.

At the first reading of the Knesset session, which began at 4 p.m. on Monday and ended at 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday [local time], 63 members voted in favour of Netanyahu's amendment and 47 against it. Former Israeli prime minister and current head of the opposition, Yair Lapid, shouted, "Coalition members! This night will be remembered by history. "It is obvious that you're breaching the law without any regard for the harm you're causing to the country's democracy, economy, and security."

In his remarks after the bill's introduction, Simcha Rothman, chairman of the Knesset's Constitution, Rights, and Justice Committee, said, "The Supreme Court has tarnished the credibility of the legal system, and this problem is at the centre of the amendments you should vote for today." The Supreme Court has hindered nominations of justices and judicial processes. We want to remedy the damage done by the Supreme Court to the separation of powers.