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Who Controls Israel's Courts? The Judicial Reform Fight Explained
In 2023, over six hundred thousand Israelis took to the streets — six percent of the entire population — to protest a set of legal reforms most people outside the country had never heard of. The trigger? A Supreme Court doctrine called the "reasonableness standard" that let judges overturn government appointments. But the real fight goes deeper: it's about who has the final say in a country without a formal constitution. This episode unpacks the four pillars of the proposed reforms, the unique role of Israel's attorney general, and why a prime minister under indictment can't separate his…
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