indysurfer
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Friedman's rhetoric "kidnap Israeli democracy in plain sight" is overwrought and ridiculous, especially after the atrocities this past week.If that was the thought by Netanyahu and his government, they are in for a rude awakening, once the dust settles. Thomas Friedman penned an Op-Ed in the New York Times this morning, that included the following,
“But what makes this war different for me from any war before is Israel’s internal politics. In the past nine months, a group of Israeli far-right and ultra-Orthodox politicians led by Netanyahu tried to kidnap Israeli democracy in plain sight.
It is my understanding that the Israeli Supreme Court gets to basically appoint their successors and they lean heavily on their view of "reasonableness" that has overturned numerous laws that were democratically enacted by majorities.
I think one can see a problem with this arrangement.
Friedman would lose his mind if the current conservative US Supreme Court was allowed to appoint their successors without Senate confirmations. Let alone using their view of "reasonableness" to overturn popular Democrat enacted laws.