So, sorry, but I read three articles on this “impending civil war” today and all three were deeply rooted in the iron clad assumption that I knew the details of this caper.
Can anyone give me a quick run down on why the reserves are stepping down and what a civil war would be about?
It’s complicated - Right now, any liberal judge can invalidate a law passed by the Knesset if he thinks it’s “unreasonable”. This change to the legal system would take away that power from the Judiciary.
This is a Biden-Obama lead revolt over Israel’s attempt to clean up its Judicial system of corruption.
The so-called reasonableness law takes away the Supreme Court’s power to block government decisions by declaring them unreasonable. Its passing could trigger a constitutional crisis – if the court declares the law itself is unreasonable.