Protests For, Against Judicial Reform Sweep Israel as Knesset Prepares to Vote

Protests For, Against Judicial Reform Sweep Israel as Knesset Prepares to Vote https://ift.tt/NapCh9B Thousands of Israelis marched on Jerusalem over the weekend, protesting the government's judicial reform legislation. Supporters of the reform bill also gathered in Tel Aviv to stand with the coaltion. A Knesset vote on one part of judicial reform is expected Monday, the next step in Israel's ongoing domestic crisis. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was hospitalized this weekend for an implant of a pacemaker, is expected to return to the Knesset for the vote. The opposition maintains the judicial reform proposal will weaken the Supreme Court and open a path to dictatorship, Israeli author and globalist advisor to world leaders, Yuval Noah Harari, described the following scenario: “With the Supreme Court neutralized, the government could easily rig the elections for example by denying Arab citizens voting rights or by closing down all independent media outlets. Israel will still hold elections just as Russia holds elections but it will become a dictatorship.” Yet supporters of the legislation say it reins in a runaway Supreme Court.