Posted on 03/27/2025 12:40:04 PM PDT by EnderWiggin1970
The Israeli government’s decision to dismiss Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar against the warnings of its attorney general arguably marks the most dangerous inflection point yet in Israel’s long-simmering constitutional crisis. On Sunday the Israeli government unanimously passed a vote of no confidence in Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara herself, a first step toward dismissing her. The Supreme Court, which last year struck down a constitutional amendment to overhaul the Israeli judicial system, has now intervened to block Bar’s dismissal—a ruling the government says it intends to defy. So the question is no longer whether Israel has a judicial problem. The question is: Who actually governs the country?
Outside observers, particularly in the West, often describe Israel’s legal crisis as a power grab by a radical right-wing government. The truth is the opposite. For years, unelected officials in Israel’s judiciary, security services, and legal bureaucracy have amassed extraordinary powers to override elected decision-makers. Israel has become the only Western constitutional democracy in which judges have veto power over judicial appointments, the attorney general controls the government’s legal voice, and intelligence chiefs act as constitutional guardians. The result is a crisis of legitimacy—and a growing confrontation between the institutions of popular sovereignty and what can only be described as a deep state.
Nowhere is this confrontation more acute than in the relationship between Israel’s judiciary and its security establishment.
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One thing that struck me was that although the emails were apolitical in nature, at one point the author gave his opinions on what direction various aspects of Israeli government policy would take. And then with a shrug he commented that after the politicians made their decisions, the judges would overrule them and would establish the actual policy of the government. He just took for granted that the judiciary was the actual, unchecked power, not the elected officials. Israel, in other words, is not a democracy. The Deep State should be honest with itself and others over this.
Now we know what the Masons spent the National Treasure on. LOL
Shades of Shabbetai Tsvi.
"The government will try and perhaps pass some or all of these bills. However, they will all wind up in the Supreme Court and probably be nullified."
How much do you trust this?
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“Trust” is the wrong word.
The coherence in the themes in that building are so numerous it is hard to ignore. They correlate with so many others that it are equally hard to ignore. I like to post them so that people give them due consideration for potential purposes of later application.
YES, THIS GUY HAS IT EXACTLY RIGHT!
MODS!!! SHUT THIS THREAD DOWN!!! WE CAN NOT SAY ANYTHING BAD ABOUT ISRAEL!!! WE’re NOT GOING TO MEET JESUS UNLESS WE PRAISE ISSSS-RAAAAAH-ELLLL!!!
Deep State?
Maybe we should be calling it Deep Planet.
Have you looked at the symbolism in the buildings in DC?
Of course. It's the whole layout of DC too. Look at post #7. Then look at the iconography of Hoover Dam plaza, or the Crescent of Embrace. It's everywhere. I'm sure somebody gets a good laugh out of it.
We (U.S.) are now facing the same question. We (U.S.) have a judiciary that has been illegally usurping Executive authority.
Take a pill.
I’ve been saying this for a long time, but YOU are a flaming boil on the a@@ of FR. Your stupid antisemitic remarks are hate filled and absurd.
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