Posted on 03/19/2020 7:37:49 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Israel appeared to be barreling toward a constitutional crisis Thursday as opponents took to the streets and turned to the Supreme Court to fight a series of unprecedented steps taken by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while confronting the coronavirus pandemic.
In recent days, Netanyahu and his surrogates have shut down the court system, approved the use of sophisticated phone-surveillance technology on the general public and temporarily suspended the activities of parliament. While Netanyahu has defended the moves as extraordinary steps in extraordinary times, his opponents accuse him of undermining Israels democratic foundations in a desperate bid to cement his grip on power and derail a looming criminal trial after coming up short in parliamentary elections this month.
The state of Israel must do two very important things right now: Deal with the coronavirus crisis from its health, economic and social perspective and at the same time preserve Israeli democracy, Benny Gantz, his opponent and leader of the Blue and White Party, told Israeli Channel 12 TV. We need to be very careful not to even approach the margins of dictatorship.[ ]
(Parliament Speaker Yuli) Edelstein rejected the public uproar and said he was committed to reconvening parliament. The Knesset isnt closed. Democracy isnt in danger, he told Channel 12 TV.
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This is total BS. How do I know? The story is from AP. The worst of the worst.
Gantz is Obama’s man in Israel. Take a look at his tactics.
Seems they have the equivalent of our DemiRat party.
Well, the democrats are using it to destroy this nation to take out Trump.
yep
kick the SorozNazi-financed subversives out of the country and 90 percent of these disruptive problems will magically disappear
If you cleared out the snake head, the body would die.
it sure would be nice
To Israelis opposed to Netanyahu — SHUT UP and work together during this crisis. Don’t make it worse by trying to bring down the government.
When the dust settles THEN you can go back to fighting.
The same holds true for anyone against President Trump now - shut up and focus.
They most assuredly do.
People aren't just cancelling weddings, they are cancelling divorces too. (well, delaying them anyway)
opponents took to the streets and turned to the Supreme Court to fight a series of unprecedented steps
IOW, opponents, not "Israelis".
It’s certainly not as if they haven’t had their chances to vote him out...
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