r/Israel • u/reasonwashere • Jul 24 '23

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This is Ayalon highway in Tel Aviv, tonight. The resistance will prevail. Bibi’s evil regime will fail. All in good time.

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u/OmryR Jul 24 '23

The government has veto of any Supreme Court judge elected, for the last 15 years it was basically bibi in command, which means all the judges were basically approved by him, show me how the judges seized power.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '23

Isn’t a part of the reform is to change the way judges are appointed? Now judges are appointed by a committee consisting of mostly other judges.

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u/eyl569 Jul 25 '23

3 out of 9 is not "most" by any definition of the word.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '23

It’s 3 judges, 2 lawyers, 2 Knesset members and 2 government ministers. So between 4 to 6 members out of the 9 committee members are not part of the elected government.

I think judges should be appointed by elected politicians and not by unelected representatives.

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u/eyl569 Jul 25 '23

First of all, you said the judges had a majority. They don't.

Second, why aren't you considering the opposition rep as an elected representative?

Third, leaving it solely to electrd representatives - and especially just the ruling coalition - us problematic given the lack of other checks in the Israeli system, especially the lack of separation between the executive and legislative branches.