Protests rock Israel July 2023. (Credit: Twitter user hugh_mankind)
Posted on 07/23/2023 8:04:07 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Protests rock Israel July 2023. (Credit: Twitter user hugh_mankind)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was rushed to the hospital early Sunday for an unscheduled emergency pacemaker implant but announced afterward that he was “doing excellently.” The health scare comes as the country is gripped in turmoil and protests, with a crucial vote on judicial reform scheduled in the Knesset on Monday.
Professor Roy Beinart, senior physician and director at the Davidai Arrhythmia Center at Sheba Medical Center’s Heart Institute, said that the patient was doing well:
The implantation went smoothly, without any complications. He is not in a life-threatening condition. He feels great and is returning to his daily routine.
Netanyahu has backed a controversial plan to limit the powers of the nation’s Supreme Court:
The Knesset, where Netanyahu wields a comfortable majority, is due on Monday to hold a ratification vote on a bill limiting Supreme Court powers to overrule some government decisions.
It would be the first reform written into law of a package critics fear aims to curb judicial independence, but which Netanyahu – who is on trial on corruption charges he denies – insists are needed for balance among branches of government. The embattled 73-year-old leader was rushed to a hospital near Tel Aviv late on Saturday after a heart monitor implanted a week earlier in what was described as a dehydration episode detected a “temporary arrhythmia”, his doctors said.
As you can see, many are against the plan:
They spray you like pest control.
Police water cannon at protesters last night in Tel Aviv as protests against Netanyahu's judicial reform grow in Israel. pic.twitter.com/IL70AMTKhv
— New World Odor™ (@hugh_mankind) July 19, 2023
Tuesday night ~100 people left Tel Aviv & started marching to Jerusalem in protest at Netanyahu govt’s judicial overhaul. It’s now 10s of thousands. They’ll arrive in Jlem this eve & their plan is to stay there thru Monday, protesting, a la Tahrir Sq pic.twitter.com/C3QzUIppIu
— Neri Zilber (@NeriZilber) July 22, 2023
Even while Netanyahu is in the hospital, legislators continued debate over the matter.
Lawmakers on Sunday began debating the bill, which would amend a law enabling the Supreme Court to void decisions made by the government and ministers it deems “unreasonable”. The result of Monday’s vote could come as soon as that evening.
Protesters view the overhaul as a power grab that will allow abuses by removing a crucial check and balance in a country that has no formal constitution. Supporters, however, think the measure is necessary to rein in an out-of-control Supreme Court. Said 24-year-old student Aviya Cohen:
I am 100% in favour of the judicial reforms. I think my country needs it. I think we absolutely need to go through with it.
The drama is even affecting the country’s national security, with tens of thousands of reservists threatening not to show up for duty.
The crisis has spread to the military, with protest leaders saying thousands of volunteer reservists would not report for duty if the government continues with the plans and former top brass warning that Israel’s war-readiness could be at risk.
Netanyahu has cast the threat of insubordination in the ranks as an attempt to undermine Israel’s elected government.
The military chief, Lieutenant-General Herzi Halevi, wrote in an open letter that “dangerous cracks” are formed when politics impact on the military.
“If we don’t have a strong and united defence force, if Israel’s best do not serve … we will no longer be able to exist as a country in the region,” Halevi wrote.
Netanyahu’s health issues have forced him to cancel plans for trips to Cyprus and Turkey. He did say, however, that he will appear at the Knesset Monday for the crucial vote.
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Sounds like Israel has the same problem with out-of-control judges that we do - which is OVER-REACH, meaning the making of laws, and in our cases, the rubber-stamping of laws made by Leftist presidents, when they should be requiring that CONGRESS vote on it, as a minimum (such as treating CO2 as a ‘pollutant’).
Hopefully Bibi will soon fix that problem.
What the left is doing in Israel is what the left will do here if President Trump beats the steal, but bring it. Both us and Israel are in state of civil conflict. Matthew 24:7.
Bibi most likely got the clot shot.
For Bibi’s own sake, I had hoped he would have retired by now. Israel needs his leadership, but there is only so much one individual can do, no matter how righteous his motivation. I appeared he was not getting sufficient support from his own party to enact his agenda. Let’s not forget how badly Winston Churchill was treated in his last years of public service, this after aiding England in many victories of that era.
Have you seen Bibi's physical appearance? Besides being 50 lbs overweight, I bet he has no time to do some aerobic exercise regularly. He is very high risk for heart issues.
I had covid jabs in Feb 2020. It did not even cause me to sneeze. Still strong like a bull at age 83. It is all because of regular exercise like this.
https://youtube.com/shorts/cOZbElfBdCU?
Israel’s Leftists, like their American cousins, are trying to overturn free and fair elections.
Israel is one step ahead, counting on a military coup. Milley and Austin are salivating and counting on the 80% of Jews who hate themselves and where they have found refuge.
It's worse than TDS.
The good news is congress is making an ethics bill designed for all judges to follow. No more getting extravagant gifts and money for the judges. Should have had ethics rules way before now. At least congress has it a priority now.
Churchill returned as PM in 1950, and served 5 more years.
Congress and Ethics don’t belong in the same sentence.
Congress and Ethics don’t belong in the same sentence.
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Lol
Funny and true.
Thank you for a small voice of reason amongst a sea of confusion. I got my vaccines and sailed through with no Covid. I will get no more on the advice of my doctor
You have been brainwashed. The shot is still killing people which is what it was designed for.
covid jabs? It is old news.
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You wish.
Or that’s the newest narrative talking point being disseminated.
No, they are the gift that keeps giving
Dissability
VAIDS
Death.
It’s just the beggining of the jabbed die off.
Thank you for a small voice of reason amongst a sea of confusion. I got my vaccines and sailed through with no Covid. I will get no more on the advice of my doctor
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There’s an oxymoron if I’ve ever saw one.
‘Serious Doubt’ About COVID-19 Vaccine Safety After Forced Release Of 15,000 Pages Of Clinical Trial Data.
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Prayers up for Israel and bibi.
Yes he is reining in the courts.
You are disturbed. 270 million Americans jabbed.
Auto traffic is as bad as ever. Golf courses as busy as ever. Biden will get millions more votes in 2024. Where is this die off? It’s not here yet.
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