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A ‘resistance’ coup just defeated Israeli democracy
Arutz Sheva ^ | 28/3/23 | Jonathan S. Tobin

Posted on 03/27/2023 10:48:05 PM PDT by Eleutheria5

JNS) After months of increasingly strident mass protests against his government’s plans to reform Israel’s out-of-control and highly partisan judicial system, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to have given in to the pressure. He said he was going to be “delaying judicial reform to give real dialogue a chance.” But it’s highly doubtful that this will merely be a timeout that will help his supporters regroup and enable opponents to calm down and accept a compromise on the issue.

On the contrary, Netanyahu is waving the white flag on judicial reform—and everyone knows it. And since the ultimate goal of the protests was not just preventing legislation from being passed but to topple the government, it’s far from clear whether the prime minister can long stay in power after this humiliation since his allies are shaken and his opponents won’t be satisfied until he’s ejected from office.

Whether that will happen remains to be seen. But the one thing that is clear is that the consequences of the events of the last months go far beyond the future of the Israeli legal system.

Netanyahu’s announcement is leading to celebrations on the Israeli left as well as among their foreign supporters, especially in the Biden administration and liberal Jewish groups. And they have good reason to celebrate. The anti-Bibi resistance was able to sell the world a false narrative about their efforts being nothing more than a successful effort to defend democracy against the efforts of would-be authoritarians who wanted to create a fascist theocratic state.

But the notion that an uprising of the “people” has stopped a “coup” by Netanyahu and his allies is pure projection. .....

(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Editorial; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bibiblinks; biden; colorrevolution; coup; demoncrazy; israel; judicialreform; leftist; netanyahu
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Bibi is chicken sh!t.
1 posted on 03/27/2023 10:48:05 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
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To: Eleutheria5

There’s the “D” word again.

It shows up everywhere.

It doesn’t mean what they think it does.


2 posted on 03/27/2023 10:51:12 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for? which it stands.)
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To: DoughtyOne

Example: the Norks call themselves the “Democratic” People’s Republic of Korea.


3 posted on 03/27/2023 11:07:34 PM PDT by rfp1234 (E Porcibus Unum )
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To: rfp1234

And China calls itself the Peoples Republic of China, which
is a mislabeled name also.

It’s a Democratic government, in complete control of the
lives of its citizens.

At least North Korea is more honest about what it truly
is


4 posted on 03/27/2023 11:11:21 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for? which it stands.)
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To: rfp1234

Democratic People’s Republic...

Whoops, not as honest as I had firth thought huh.


5 posted on 03/27/2023 11:13:02 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for? which it stands.)
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To: Eleutheria5

I’m not a big Bibi fan, but this is a sad day. The woke idiots and Biden administration pushed this. We will see where it leads.


6 posted on 03/27/2023 11:28:52 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: Eleutheria5

“Activists” always win over what the general population wants. For them losing an election is just a small bump in the road.

They have many other ways to get what they want.

In a very real sense, activists rule the world.


7 posted on 03/27/2023 11:57:36 PM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how thery control you. )
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To: Eleutheria5

Very risky to reward bad behavior and give the bad guys a win.

But there could be something we don’t know.


8 posted on 03/27/2023 11:59:42 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism.)
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To: Eleutheria5

It looks like anarchy might have won out.


9 posted on 03/28/2023 12:05:34 AM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
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To: Eleutheria5

Israel has a loooong history of turning away from righteousness.


10 posted on 03/28/2023 12:08:37 AM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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But there could be something we don’t know.

From listening to Amir, he seemed to indicate the pro Bibi protest, was bigger than the anarchists.

11 posted on 03/28/2023 12:10:32 AM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
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To: Eleutheria5

Holding a snap election would legitimate his moves. Thumbs up or down. If he gets his majority, the losers haven’t a leg to stand on.


12 posted on 03/28/2023 12:17:43 AM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room)
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Israel has a loooong history of turning away from righteousness.

I wouldn't equate any secular leader of any nation with a Biblical prophet.

13 posted on 03/28/2023 12:20:31 AM PDT by Angelino97
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To: rfp1234
the Norks call themselves the “Democratic” People’s Republic of Korea.
My history teacher in HS taught us young skulls full of mush how the commies use those words democracy and democratic quite liberally (no pun intended) for positive PR and to hide their true intentions. The oldest trick in the book with the left.
14 posted on 03/28/2023 12:27:10 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (If a liar's pants really did catch on fire NPR, CBC, ABC, CNN and MSNBC would be more fun to watch)
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To: Impala64ssa

Look at every single nation on earth that has “democratic” in the title. All are brutal communist nations.


15 posted on 03/28/2023 12:28:48 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: Zhang Fei
"Holding a snap election would legitimate his moves. Thumbs up or down. If he gets his majority, the losers haven’t a leg to stand on."

The Left over there may have learned how to rig elections, and the corrupt judicial branch would help.

16 posted on 03/28/2023 2:06:03 AM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism.)
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To: Mark17

HEY!


17 posted on 03/28/2023 2:25:50 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Ann Archy

😆😆😀👍


18 posted on 03/28/2023 3:38:27 AM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
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To: Mark17

There are only two things that will create an ideological world where only radical Islam and Communism will exist. The overthrow of Israel and the removal of the Second Amendment. I wonder what a global Islam vs Communist war would look like, for the few seconds before the nukes fly.


19 posted on 03/28/2023 3:52:00 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (“Racist” is the new “Nazi”.)
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To: Eleutheria5

Bibi is being “Trumped”.


20 posted on 03/28/2023 4:01:55 AM PDT by exPBRrat
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