Against Judicial Despotism In Israel
Israel’s Supreme Court stands accused by eminent citizens of Israel of exceeding its lawful powers and endangering the democratic as well as Jewish character of...
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How Some Nations Empower Their People: Israel Disenfranchises Them—Part II
As indicated in Part I, members of Israel’s Knesset are not individually elected by or accountable to the people in constituency elections. This enables Knesset...
How the System Brought Israel into Lebanon
In the August 4 Ha’aretz Magazine, Ari Shavit wrote a remarkable article: he blamed the Israel’s failings in the Lebanese war to Israel’s “governing systems.”...
A Model For Israel’s Supreme Court
Israel’s Supreme Court is a creature of the Knesset, and the Knesset is very much subservient to the Government, i.e. the Cabinet. In principle, and...
Proclamation & Petition: Sharon Must Resign
Fellow Citizens and Friends of Israel! The Land and People of Israel are in great danger. We, who experienced Soviet totalitarianism, and took part in...
To Support Elon is to Support the System
Don’t Be Deceived: To Support Elon is to Support the SYSTEM Disengagement: The Ugly Truth About the Knesset 1. In October 2004, the Knesset passed...
A Record of Judicial Despotism
Before setting forth the record of judicial despotism of Israel’s Supreme Court under its president, judge Aharon Barak, it will be worthwhile to mention a...
Judicial Aspects of Torah Governance
Israel is commonly regarded as the “only democracy in the Middle East,” and so it is compared to its despotic Arab neighbors. But how does...
Professor Ruth Gavison on Judge Barak
Readers unfamiliar with the style of speech typical of the Israeli judicial system might think that the views expressed by Prof. Ruth Gavison in this...
The Foundation for Constitutional Democracy » Should Israel Establish A Sanhedrin?
Various people want to reestablish the Sanhedrin. With all due respect to the many fine rabbis in Israel, can we find 71 judges who meet...